NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 3 (game #753)

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2 July 2025

My clues will help you solve the NYT’s Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going

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Today’s words

Hint #1: Group hints

Hint #2: Group answers

Today’s answers

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 2 (game #752).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

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NYT Connections today (game #753) – today’s words

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Today’s NYT Connections words are…

DESTINATION
INTERACTION
NYT Connections today (game #753) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Communicating
GREEN: Crucial at the terminal
BLUE: Player information
PURPLE: Preceded by a profession that rhymes with “llama”
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…

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NYT Connections today (game #753) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: CORRESPONDENCE
GREEN: AIRPORT BOARD INFO
BLUE: PRO ATHLETE DATA
PURPLE: FARMERS’ THINGS
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NYT Connections today (game #753) – the answers

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The answers to today’s Connections, game #753, are…

YELLOW: CORRESPONDENCE CONTACT, DEALINGS, EXCHANGE, INTERACTION
GREEN: AIRPORT BOARD INFO ARRIVAL, DESTINATION, FLIGHT, GATE
BLUE: PRO ATHLETE DATA COLLEGE, NUMBER, POSITION, TEAM
PURPLE: FARMERS’ THINGS ALMANAC, INSURANCE, MARKET, TAN

My rating: Hard
My score: 3 mistakes

My first two mistakes came trying to put together AIRPORT BOARD INFO including POSITION and then NUMBER instead of ARRIVAL. It seems obvious now, of course, but the word “time” after “arrival” would have helped.
Next, I struggled to see what was left from the eight remaining words and landed at PRO ATHLETE DATA through some fortunate shuffling.
I had never heard of several of these FARMERS’ THINGS before, but can see now why a farmer’s TAN could be a unique thing, as it indicates someone who works outside a great deal.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, July 2, game #752)

YELLOW: KNOCKOFF BOOTLEG, COPY, FAKE, REPLICA
BLUE: WORDS AFTER “T-” MOBILE, PAIN, REX, SHIRT
GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH FREUD DREAMS, ID, OEDIPUS, SLIP
PURPLE: STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONS FRESHWATER, JUNIPER, SENECA, SOPHOCLES

What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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