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Connections hints for July 30, 2025
The board’s words are ABUT, BULGE, COACH, DIOXIDE, DIRECT, GROAN, GUIDE, INSTRUMENT, MEDIUM, MONORAIL, ORGAN, TETRACYCLINE, TRAIN, TRIANGLE, VEHICLE, and VOILA.
- One group consists of people or roles that lead others.
- One group names ways something can be expressed or conveyed.
- Look for Greek numerical prefixes in another group.
- The final group contains musical instruments, including two words that need rearranging.
Connections answers for July 30, 2025
Spoilers below: The archive identifies this as puzzle #780, dated Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Its four categories and word groups are:
| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Leadership Roles | COACH, DIRECT, GUIDE, TRAIN |
| Means of Expression | BULGE, GROAN, INSTRUMENT, VEHICLE |
| Greek Numerical Prefixes | DIOXIDE, MEDIUM, MONORAIL, TETRACYCLINE |
| Anagrams of Musical Instruments | ABUT, ORGAN, TRIANGLE, VOILA |
How the trickiest Connections group works
In the last group, ABUT rearranges to TUBA and VOILA rearranges to VIOLA; ORGAN and TRIANGLE are already musical instrument names. The numerical-prefix set includes di- in DIOXIDE, mono- in MONORAIL, tetra- in TETRACYCLINE, and medi- in MEDIUM.
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About the Connections archive
The New York Times describes Connections as a word-grouping game in which players find themes among words. Its Help Center says the archive dates back to June 12, 2023, and lists the game on NYTimes.com Games, The Athletic app, and the NYT News app. The specific July 30 groupings above are attributed to the Wordhint archive; TechRadar also identifies the date and puzzle number.
Sources: Wordhint’s July 30, 2025 archive entry; NYT Games Help Center; TechRadar’s July 30, 2025 Connections coverage.
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