This guide is for the Wednesday, July 16, 2025 edition of NYT Connections, puzzle #766—not a current-day puzzle. Read the four hints first, then continue past the spoiler break for all four categories and their words.
How Connections works
Connections gives you 16 words to sort into four groups of four based on a shared connection. You have four attempts to clear the grid. For general game background, see The New York Times Connections.
Hints for Connections #766
Try these in order before revealing the solution. The first points toward a place students spend time; the later hints become more specific.
- A place where students hang.
- Chewing the scenery.
- Nearly catching you.
- Think: fraternity and sorority names.
Spoilers: July 16, 2025 Connections answers
The categories and word sets below are reported by both Parade and TechRadar.
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| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Parts of a college campus | CAFETERIA, DORM, LIBRARY, QUAD |
| Green | Exaggerated, as a performance | CAMP, DRAMATIC, HAMMY, OVERDONE |
| Blue | Close in on | CORNER, SURROUND, TRAP, TREE |
| Purple | Starts of Greek letters | BET, DELT, LAMB, THE |
Why the groups fit
Yellow: Parts of a college campus
A cafeteria, dorm, library, and quad are all places or facilities found on a college campus.
Green: Exaggerated, as a performance
A performance can be described as camp, dramatic, hammy, or overdone when it is deliberately or excessively showy.
Blue: Close in on
To corner, surround, trap, or tree someone is to restrict their movement or escape.
Purple: Starts of Greek letters
BET, DELT, LAMB, and THE are the opening letter sequences in beta, delta, lambda, and theta.
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