New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #727 June…

Connections is here again, giving you a bunch of seemingly-unconnected words that need to be sorted into categories. The catch is that you don't know any of the categories to start with, and you also have very few guesses to get it all right.

If you need some help with this challenging puzzle game, you can find a whole bunch of hints in the article below. You can find clues, spoilers, and even the whole answer to the puzzle if you need it.

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By Mina Smith

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #727 for June 7, 2025

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Found, Number, Strain, Onion, Stretch, Air, Fling, Launch, Start, Rest, Chicken, Institute, Breathe, Equinox, Hydrate, and Song.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

In the sections below, you can find all the clues, category spoilers, and more to help you win this browser game today. Open each of them up with the Read More link underneath to see the hints hidden inside.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

1. Strain and Stretch don't go in the same group together.

2. None of the groups are about throwing things.

3. Chicken and Onion go in the same category.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this innovative puzzle game: Don't forget your warm-up and cool-down as well!

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Tips for Working Out Safely.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Tips for Working Out Safely.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Breathe, Hydrate, Rest, Stretch.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: To make, to organize.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Establish.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Establish.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Found, Institute, Launch, Start.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: Something to hum along to.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Ditty.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Ditty.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Air, Number, Song, Strain.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this mobile puzzle game: All four of these words can follow the same word to make four common phrases.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Spring _____.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Spring _____.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Chicken, Equinox, Fling, Onion.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #727 for June 7, 2025

Searching for the whole answer for the New York Times Games Connections puzzle? In the section below is the complete spoiler, including all the categories and the words that go inside each of them.

Yellow - Tips for Working Out Safely: Breathe, Hydrate, Rest, Stretch
Green - Establish: Found, Institute, Launch, Start
Blue - Ditty: Air, Number, Song, Strain
Purple - Spring _____: Chicken, Equinox, Fling, Onion