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Need a nudge for NYT Connections #738? The puzzle dated June 18, 2025 groups words around rainy weather, precision, pods, and body parts. Start with the progressive hints below; the complete answers are behind a clearly marked spoiler boundary.
Hints for Connections #738
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- Yellow: Think of the kind of weather that makes you reach for an umbrella.
- Green: Each word can pair with “on” to mean directly or precisely.
- Blue: Look for different things associated with a three-letter noun; they do not all belong to the same kind of container.
- Purple: Add one letter at the beginning of each word to reveal a body part.
Full answer key: spoiler warning
Spoilers below: The four groups and their words are listed next.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Qualities of a rainy day | COLD, GRAY, WET, WINDY |
| Green | Squarely | DEAD, EXACTLY, RIGHT, SMACK |
| Blue | Contents of a pod | ASTRONAUT, COFFEE, PEA, WHALE |
| Purple | Body part plus a starting letter | BARM, LEAR, RANKLE, SHIP |
Why the words fit
Yellow: Qualities of a rainy day
COLD, GRAY, WET, and WINDY are all conditions associated with a rainy day.
#1 Best Overall
Green: Squarely
Each word can precede “on” in an expression meaning squarely or precisely: dead on, exactly on, right on, and smack on.
Blue: Contents of a pod
The connection uses more than one sense of “pod.” An astronaut may travel in a space capsule or pod; coffee is sold in coffee pods; peas grow in pods; and whales are mammals that belong to the group called cetaceans, sometimes described collectively as a pod. The category label is “Contents of a pod,” but the four words are not all contents of one literal container.
Rank #2
Purple: Body part plus a starting letter
Each word begins with one extra letter: BARM contains ARM after B; LEAR contains EAR after L; RANKLE contains ANKLE after R; and SHIP contains HIP after S.
How Connections works
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared connection. Try to identify the relationship before submitting a group; the game allows up to four mistakes, and the groups range from more straightforward to more difficult. Try Hard Guides and TechRadar describe play through NYT Games on desktop or mobile; check NYT Games for current access details.
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The June 18, 2025 date, puzzle number, word bank, category labels, and groupings are reproduced in secondary puzzle archives and guides from WordHint, Try Hard Guides, TechRadar, and Parade. An official NYT archived answer page for this edition was not established, so these answers are attributed to corroborating guides rather than presented as directly confirmed by NYT. No directly relevant named statistic or qualifying quote from a named authority was identified for this specific puzzle.
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