Mastering Connections: Your Guide To The New York Times Puzzle Game

Connections is a New York Times puzzle game where players have to figure out “connections” between various words and arrange them into groups of four. To help you out, we decided to break down all the categories and answers for the Connections puzzle for July 16.

What is “Connections”?

NYT’s ‘Connections’ is a puzzle game that’s all the hype on social media these days. You will find people solving and sharing their successes and failures on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and more. The game is managed by Wyna Liu, NYT’s associate puzzle editor. Connections gives players 16 random words that must be divided into categories they don’t know.

The challenge lies in the ability to identify and categorize these words correctly. Players often share tips, strategies, and their results, creating a community around this engaging game. Whether you're a seasoned puzzle enthusiast or a newcomer, Connections offers a fun way to exercise your brain!

What Are Today’s Connections Hints?

Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.

• Yellow Category – We are in this every once in a while
• Green Category – In trial and error stages
• Blue Category – Things found in theater
• Purple Category – What’s Spider-Man’s real name?

We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. However, if you still can’t find them, read on to get some more help with today’s Connections.

Categories for Today’s Connections Puzzle

Need more help with today’s NYT Connections puzzle? Here are today’s categories:

• Yellow – IN A BAD MOOD
• Green – EXPERIMENTAL
• Blue – STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
• Purple – PETER _ _ _

While you are here, you should also check out the hints and answers for today’s NYT Strands. We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, if you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.

Answers for Today’s Connections Game (July 16)

Are you still stuck with the Connections puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:

• IN A BAD MOOD – Cross, Short, Surly, Testy
• EXPERIMENTAL – Exploratory, Pilot, Preliminary, Trial
• STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS – Fiddler, Jersey, Kinky, Merrily
• PETER _ _ _ – Pan, Parker, Piper, Rabbit

Even though I started off today in a good mood, I knew the Yellow category words to begin the NYT Connections puzzle for July 16. The Green category came next and besides the word Trial, I had all the words in the bag.

I am a kind of a man of culture. That along with Google helped me find the words that were related to Broadway Musicals. With only four words left, I got them all together to get the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for July 16.

Yesterday’s Connections Answer

Have you accidentally stumbled on here? Looking for Connections hints and answers for July 15? Get familiar with the puzzle and solve NYT Connections easily!

How was your experience with Connections today? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.