NYT Connections puzzle #742 is the game dated Sunday, June 22, 2025. Try these graduated hints before scrolling to the spoiler section for all four groups and their words.
Hints for Connections #742
Use the clues in order, and stop when you have enough to solve the board yourself.
- One group contains words used for announcements about breaking developments or updates.
- Another group is made up of nouns from a famous line in the Declaration of Independence.
- One group is linked to a television network.
- For the last group, think about the different meanings of “left.”
How the June 22 puzzle is structured
Connections presents 16 words. The aim is to sort them into four groups of four that share a theme. The New York Times says the groups are color-coded by difficulty, with yellow the easiest and purple the trickiest; some words may appear to fit more than one possible theme. The daily game is free to play and releases at midnight in each player’s timezone, so a guide published on June 21 can cover the June 22 local puzzle.
Spoiler: the answers for June 22, 2025
Stop here if you are still solving. The complete groups for game #742 are:
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| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| News announcement | BULLETIN, FLASH, REPORT, WIRE |
| Nouns from a famous line in the Declaration of Independence | HAPPINESS, LIBERTY, LIFE, PURSUIT |
| HBO shows | ENTOURAGE, EUPHORIA, INSECURE, SUCCESSION |
| What “left” might mean | DEPARTED, PORT, PROGRESSIVE, REMAINING |
Why the overlaps can mislead
Keep LIFE and WIRE out of the HBO group
LIFE and WIRE can look like television-related clues, but they belong elsewhere: LIFE joins LIBERTY, PURSUIT, and HAPPINESS in the Declaration-related group, while the HBO set includes INSECURE.
Read “left” in four different ways
DEPARTED and REMAINING point to what has left or what is left. PORT is the left side of a ship, and PROGRESSIVE can describe the political left.
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The New York Times lists the Games app, nytimes.com/games/connections, nytimes.com/theathletic, and the News app as places to play. Its archive goes back to June 12, 2023; according to the NYT Help Center, archived play is available to All Access and Games subscribers and does not affect daily streaks. Archive access terms can change.
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