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Need a nudge for the regular NYT Connections puzzle from Sunday, June 8, 2025? It’s puzzle #728. The 16 words and graduated hints are below, followed by the complete solution in a clearly marked spoiler section. This is the regular puzzle, not the separate Connections Sports Edition puzzle from the same date.
The 16 words in Connections #728
Here is the grid in the order listed by the DocumentaryTube guide:
LAST · BULL · BORN · BRED · DOE · STAND · SPOUSE · BEAR · EDUCATION · CACHE · DOVE · HOLD · LUTE · STAY · OCCUPATION · HAWK
Hints, from subtle to more specific
- Yellow: Think of continuing, enduring, or remaining in place.
- Green: Look for animals used as economic or policy metaphors.
- Blue: These are details commonly listed in a person’s biographical sidebar.
- Purple: Say the words aloud; they sound like informal terms for money.
Complete answer — spoilers
The answer sets below are corroborated by Parade and DocumentaryTube; the puzzle date and number are also listed by Try Hard Guides.
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Yellow — PERSIST
HOLD · LAST · STAND · STAY. Each can describe continuing, enduring, or remaining.
Green — ANIMAL METAPHORS IN ECONOMICS
BEAR · BULL · DOVE · HAWK. These animal words are used as economic or policy metaphors.
Blue — SIDEBAR INFO ON A PERSON’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE
BORN · EDUCATION · OCCUPATION · SPOUSE. Each names a biographical field.
Purple — HOMOPHONES OF SLANG FOR MONEY
BRED · CACHE · DOE · LUTE. They sound like “bread,” “cash,” “dough,” and “loot.”
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The puzzle switches up the kind of connection in each color: yellow uses words associated with persistence, green relies on animal metaphors, blue groups biographical labels, and purple depends on sound-alikes. Spotting which kind of relationship a set is asking for can help when a word seems to fit more than one possibility.
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