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NYT Connections puzzle #726, dated Friday, June 6, 2025, groups newspaper jobs, words meaning “everyday,” meanings of “con,” and longer words that end in dog types. Start with the spoiler-free hints below; the full answers are behind a clearly marked spoiler break.
Hints for Connections #726
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- Think about jobs associated with media and journalism.
- Look for words that mean typical or something that happens often.
- Consider different meanings of “con,” including a convention, a criminal, a drawback, or a swindle.
- For the wordplay group, each answer ends with a kind of dog: hound, boxer, doodle, or setter.
Spoilers: answers for June 6
The four groups and their words are below.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | NEWSPAPER JOBS | COLUMNIST, EDITOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, REPORTER |
| Green | EVERYDAY | COMMON, REGULAR, ROUTINE, STANDARD |
| Blue | WHAT “CON” MIGHT MEAN | CONVENTION, CRIMINAL, DRAWBACK, SWINDLE |
| Purple | ENDING WITH KINDS OF DOGS | NEWSHOUND, SHADOWBOXER, SNICKERDOODLE, TRENDSETTER |
Why the purple group is easy to misread
NEWSHOUND looks like it could belong with newspaper jobs, but it is grouped by its ending: HOUND. The other three purple answers end in BOXER, DOODLE, and SETTER. The category is about the dog types hidden at the ends of longer words, not the meanings of those longer words.
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Each puzzle presents 16 words; the goal is to sort them into four groups of four. Groups use color labels, with yellow the easiest and purple the trickiest. The New York Times Help Center says each puzzle has one solution and is designed so words may appear to fit more than one category. The daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. NYT Connections Help Center.
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