Here are progressive hints for the NYT Connections puzzle dated Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The category clues come first; the complete word groups are below a spoiler warning.
Hints for the June 10, 2025 Connections puzzle
Connections gives players 16 words to sort into four groups of four based on shared themes. The New York Times Help Center notes that words may seem to fit more than one theme, even though each puzzle has one solution. These clues move from broad nudges to the category names.
- Yellow: Think of ways to guide or settle a dispute between two or more people.
- Green: Consider items that enhance or help organize written content.
- Blue: Look for expressions or words associated with a particular decade.
- Purple: Each word can come before the same four-letter noun referring to a moral or legal obligation.
Spoilers: the full answer groups
Warning: The four category names and all 16 answers are revealed below.
- ARBITRATE: CHAIR, JUDGE, MEDIATE, MODERATE
- THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENT: CHART, IMAGE, TABLE, TEXT BOX
- ’80S SLANG: CHILL, PSYCH, RADICAL, WORD
- _____ DUTY: CIVIC, CUSTOMS, HEAVY, JURY
How to identify this archived puzzle
This article refers to the game dated June 10, 2025. Published that day, Parade’s answer article calls it puzzle #730, while a separate archive index lists the same date and category labels as #771. The NYT Help Center does not confirm the historical number, so the date is the dependable identifier.
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Where and when Connections is available
The NYT Help Center describes Connections as a game about finding themes between words. The daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. The Help Center lists the Games app, NYTimes.com/games/connections, NYTimes.com/theathletic, and the News app as places to play. Its archive extends back to June 12, 2023, with access for All Access and Games subscribers. Availability and access terms can change.
Sources: Parade’s June 10, 2025 answer article; The New York Times Help Center; Wordle.today’s Connections archive index.
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