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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features one of those purple categories that hides words within other words. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times 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 the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here 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: Like a ne’er-do-well.
Green group hint: Devour.
Blue group hint: Turn up the music.
Purple group hint: Think forest items.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Old timey troublemakers.
Green group: Consume with gusto.
Blue group: Parts of a speaker.
Purple group: Ending in parts of a tree.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 29, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is old timey troublemakers. The four answers are miscreant, rogue, ruffian and scoundrel.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is consume with gusto. The four answers are crush, guzzle, inhale and snarf.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a speaker. The four answers are cabinet, cone, magnet and woofer.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ending in parts of a tree. The four answers are embark (bark), groot (root), nudibranch (branch) and strunk (trunk).
