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New York Times Connectionsis here to challenge your brain with a bunch of seemingly-unrelated words. Each one of the words fits into one of four categories, but those are a mystery you have to figure out. And the only clues you get are the words themselves.
If you knowhow to playConnections, you know how hard these puzzles can be. The article below is here to help out anyone who is stuck; in it, you can find clues, spoilers, and a whole lot more.
Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #728 for May 27, 2025
TheConnectionspuzzle for today contains the words:Last, Bull, Born, Bred, Doe, Stand, Spouse, Bear, Education, Cache, Dove, Hold, Lute, Stay, Occupation,andHawk.
Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle
If you want a hint or two to help you get through thisfree-to-play puzzle game, you’re able to find a bunch in the sections below. Each section is covered up to keep you from spoiling too much just from scrolling; you can open them up with theRead Morelink below them.
Here are some hints for thisshort daily puzzle game:
Born and Bred donotgo in the same category.
None of these categories are about tricks that animals do.
- Doe and Cache go in the same group.
Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints
Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:To keep going, to stick around.
Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words
The answer to the yellow/straightforwardConnectionsisPersist.
The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Hold, Last, Stand, Stay.
Green NYT Connections Category Hints
Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:Animals that describe a market.
Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words
The answer to the green/medium difficultyConnectionsisAnimal Metaphors in Economics.
The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Bear, Bull, Dove, Hawk.
Blue NYT Connections Category Hints
Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer in thisrelaxing puzzle game:A person’s stats.
Blue Connections Category Answer
The category for the blue/difficultConnectionsisSidebar Info on a Person’s Wikipedia Page.
Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words
The answer to the blue/difficultConnectionsisSidebar Info on a Person’s Wikipedia Page.
The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Born, Education, Occupation, Spouse.
Purple NYT Connections Category Hints
Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:Scratch, dollars, but spelled wrong.
Purple Connections Category Answer
The category for the purple/tricky difficulty inConnectionsisHomophones of Slang for Money.
Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words
The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty inConnectionsisHomophones of Slang for Money.
The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Bread, Cache, Doe, Lute.
Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #728 for June 25, 2025
If you want to see the full answer to thismind-boggling puzzle game, you’re able to find it below. Open the expandable section up to see which groups all the provided words belong in.
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