Connections are a New York Times Puzzle Game Players must find “connections” between different words and sort them into groups of four. To help you out, we’ve decided to break down all the categories and answers for the July 18 Connections puzzle.
What is “Connections”?
The NYT ‘Connections’ is a puzzle game that’s been all the rage on social media lately. You’ll find people solving and sharing their successes and failures on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), and many others. The game is run by Wyna Liu, the NYT’s deputy puzzle editor. Connections gives players 16 random words that must be divided into categories they don’t know.
What are today’s connection clues?
Let’s start with some quick tips on today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess one.
- Yellow Category – Wide open spaces are spaces that breathe
- Green category – Do you like boxing?
- Blue Category – Some things have to be done with panache
- Purple Category – We use them when messaging
We wish we could go into detail here, but these tips are the best we can share. However, if you still can’t find them, keep reading for additional help with today’s connections.
Categories for today’s connections puzzle
Need help solving today’s NYT Connections puzzle? Here are today’s categories:
- YELLOW – OPEN SPACE
- Green – BOXING UNIT
- Blue – GLOW
- Purple – EMOJI
While you’re here, you should also check out the tips and answers from today’s NYT Strands as well as today’s Wordle.
We hope that you are now able to guess the words in each category. However, if you still can’t do it and need help, keep reading.
Answers for today’s Connections game (July 18)
Still stuck on the connections riddle? In that case, the answers to today’s connections are:
- OPEN PLACE – Courtyard, square, square, courtyard
- BOXING UNIT – Combat, Contest, Match, Round
- GLOW – Glare, Flash, Pump, Ritz
- EMOJI – Fire, heart, skull, sparks
For some reason, the July 18th NYT Connections had a weird mix of emojis and boxing. I started by solving the Yellow category and immediately got all the words except Plaza. The Green category came next and while I’m not a boxer, I love the sport so that helped me get it.
The Blue category was all about glamour and it was also today that I learned that Ritz was synonymous with Glitziness.
With only four words left, I put them all together to get the Purple category with the NYT Connections game for July 18th.
Response to yesterday’s connections
Have you stumbled upon this site? Are you looking for clues and answers to the July 17 connections? Get acquainted with the puzzle and solve the NYT connections easily!
How was your experience with Connections today? Where did you run into difficulties if any? Let us know in the comments below.