Here are the 16 words and four graduated hints for the Tuesday, July 15, 2025 NYT Connections puzzle identified by contemporaneous guides as game #765. Stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it yourself.
The 16 words on the board
PEARL, POWER, BOOT, PLAY, VAULT, BOUNCE, SHOE, BARS, SMILE, BEAM, EJECT, SCREAM, RINGS, FEATHERS, NOPE, REMOVE.
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Hints for each Connections group
These clues get more specific without giving away the full answer sets:
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- Green: These words can mean being pushed out.
- Blue: Look for horror movies released in 2022.
- Purple: Put the name of a racing animal before each word.
Spoilers: today’s Connections answers
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| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | GYMNASTICS APPARATUS | BARS, BEAM, RINGS, VAULT |
| Green | FORCE TO LEAVE | BOOT, BOUNCE, EJECT, REMOVE |
| Blue | HORROR MOVIES FROM 2022 | NOPE, PEARL, SCREAM, SMILE |
| Purple | HORSE___ | FEATHERS, PLAY, POWER, SHOE |
Why the groups fit
Yellow: gymnastics apparatus
BARS, BEAM, RINGS, and VAULT are apparatus used in gymnastics; BEAM is the singular word on the board.
Green: force to leave
BOOT, BOUNCE, EJECT, and REMOVE all mean to make someone leave. BOOT and BOUNCE can also read as nouns or physical actions, but this group uses them as verbs.
Blue: 2022 horror movies
NOPE, PEARL, SCREAM, and SMILE are grouped by their film titles and release year: 2022.
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Purple: words after HORSE
Add HORSE before each word to make horsefeathers, horseplay, horsepower, and horseshoe.
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TechRadar and Inkl identify the July 15, 2025 puzzle as #765 and agree on its board and answers. A current Wordle.today archive instead maps that date to #802 and assigns #765 to June 12, 2025, so the numbering is not consistent across these guides and archive listings. The puzzle content here follows the two title-specific guides.
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