Find the links between the words to win today’s Link game.
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The NYT Connections daily game airs live at midnight local time. Before today’s NYT Connections tips, here’s what you missed on Tuesday:
It’s Wednesday and you know what that means: it’s time for another round Connections!
Happy Canada Day! My mind was still recovering from the meltdown from the Angine de Poitrine show over the weekend (still is, to be honest) so I couldn’t focus too much on Canada’s first knockout match at a men’s World Cup on Sunday. It probably wasn’t bad considering how bad the game was. However, we’re on to the next round! I’m sure he won’t do too badly against a top-10 team.
By the way, although I am a proud Scotsman and a passionate Scotland fan, I can say ‘we’ when it comes to Canada as I am also a Canadian citizen. I have to go buy a Jonathan David shirt.
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday July 1st coming soon. Let’s roll!
NYT Links – How to Play
Connections it’s free New York Times daily word game you can play on NYTthe Games website or app. If you have a NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access Connections file, which includes every previous game.
Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The goal is to sort them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the class is for each team: that’s what you have to figure out.
There is only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess wrong three times. Fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to gather, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, yellow and green groups have synonyms, blues have cultural references, and purples involve some sort of wordplay. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.
As with me Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game also tracks your progress.
Many players pride themselves on having long winning streaks or having a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow teams with this streak without mistakes. This adds an extra little challenge.
Today’s Connections NYT word list
Scroll slowly! I will first give you a list of today’s words and then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal a word that goes to each group. Then I will tell you the names of the categories and the full answers will follow.
Today’s 16 words are…
- CHICAGO
- LONG ISLAND
- NIGERIA
- COLOGNE
- INDIANAPOLIS
- MUNICH
- LIMERICK
- SINGAPORE
- CASABLANCA
- CUBA
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- CHAMPAGNE
- GUINEA-BISSAU
- CHINA
- FARGO
- MOSCOW
Today’s NYT Connections Tips
And the hints for today Connections groups are:
- 🟨 Yellow team — like magenta and rugby
- 🟩 Green Team – Selma and Chinatown would fit here
- 🦶 Blue Team — you might not have to travel far to try them out
- 🟪 Purple team — they were in good shape at first
NYT Links – One answer per group
Need some extra help?
Attention: we are starting to enter spoiler area.
Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.
So let’s go…
- 🟨 Yellow group — COLOGNE
- 🟩 Green Team – CHICAGO
- 🦶 Blue Group — SINGAPORE
- 🟪 Purple team — GUINEA-Bissau
Today’s NYT Link Categories
Today’s Connections the teams are…
- 🟨 Yellow group — things named after places
- Green group — Best Picture winners/nominations
- 🦶 Blue group — parts in cocktail names
- 🟪 Purple group — starting with countries
Today’s NYT Connections Answers
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Today’s Connections the answers are…
Connections Answers for July 1, 2026
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Well, this is a fun trick. I watched the movies after I got to CASABLANCA and FARGO. Yellows were also relatively simple, thanks to CHAMPAGNE opening the door for this.
LONG ISLAND Iced Tea and MOSCOW Mule then came to mind to help me get the blues. I didn’t get the purple link before I submitted this group. This feels a little too out there for me. I’m not a fan of this team.
Otherwise I enjoyed this. A win here extends my streak total to 486.
How did you do this time? Here is my grid:
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Want to know more about how it all fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in mine NYT links Answers Explained column. You can check it up visit my author page.
That’s all there is for today Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for tips and the solution for tomorrow’s game if you need them.
PS Let’s go with what is arguably one of the most famous songs from Cuba, “Chan Chan”. The Buena Vista Social Club version is probably the best known. Beautiful things:
Good day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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