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Hints for Connections #738
These prompts move from broad to revealing. They are clues for this archived puzzle, not official New York Times hints.
- One group describes the feel and look of gloomy weather.
- Another group means directly, precisely, or right on target.
- Think of a three-letter noun that can follow or describe each word in one set.
- In the trickiest group, each word contains a body part with one extra letter at the beginning.
Category-level hints
- Yellow: Qualities of a rainy day
- Green: Squarely
- Blue: Contents of a pod
- Purple: A body part plus a starting letter
Full answers for June 18, 2025
Spoilers: The four groups and all 16 words are below.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | QUALITIES OF A RAINY DAY | COLD, GRAY, WET, WINDY |
| Green | SQUARELY | DEAD, EXACTLY, RIGHT, SMACK |
| Blue | CONTENTS OF A POD | ASTRONAUT, COFFEE, PEA, WHALE |
| Purple | BODY PART PLUS A STARTING LETTER | BARM, LEAR, RANKLE, SHIP |
How the less obvious groups work
Contents of a pod
Each word connects to a different meaning or use of “pod”: an astronaut can travel in a spacecraft pod, coffee is sold in coffee pods, peas grow in pods, and whales may travel in pods.
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Body part plus a starting letter
Add the first letter to the body-part word that follows it: B + ARM makes BARM, L + EAR makes LEAR, R + ANKLE makes RANKLE, and S + HIP makes SHIP.
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