Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 8, #758

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for July 8, No. 758.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle isn’t too terrible. Today, I actually found the purple category before any of the other ones. Remember, some surnames can also pass for regular words. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Hints for today’s Connections groupsHere are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: What cheaters have.

Green group hint: Getting ready for the gym.

Blue group hint: How you get in.

Purple group hint: Common male name.

Answers for today’s Connections groupsYellow group: Liaison.

Green group: Seen in a locker room.

Blue group: Something entered for access.

Purple group: Johns.

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What are today’s Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 8, 2025, #758.

NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is liaison. The four answers are affair, fling, relations and thing.

The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is seen in a locker room. The four answers are bench, locker, mirror and scale.

The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is something entered for access. The four answers are code, key, password and pin.

The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is Johns. The four answers are Candy, Carpenter, Legend and Major.

Toughest Connections puzzlesWe’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.