New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #758 July…

Connections is here again to challenge your brain and get you thinking outside the box. In today's difficult puzzle, you will need to figure out how to put the words into groups properly without getting tricked by the fake relaions between words.

If you know how to play Connections, you know this is easier said than done. If you need some help, you can find all sorts of hints, clues, category help, spoilers, and even the full answer in the article below.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #758 for July 8, 2025

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Fling, Key, Carpenter, Bench, Pin, Candy, Major, Thing, Mirror, Legend, Affair, Code, Scale, Password, Locker, and Relations.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Each section below contains a different kind of helpful clue or spoiler for this difficult puzzle game. Open each of them up with the Read More button to see the hints hidden inside.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this free browser-based puzzle game:

1. None of these groups are about musical notes or parts of written music.

2. Major and Carpenter go in the same group.

3. Locker and Mirror go in the same category.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer: To meet with someone romantically.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Liaison.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Liaison.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Affair, Fling, Relations, Thing.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: Where players keep their uniforms.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Seen in a Locker Room.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Seen in a Locker Room.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Bench, Locker, Mirror, Scale.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer in this mind-boggling puzzle game: What do I type to get in?

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Something Entered for Access.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Something Entered for Access.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Code, Key, Password, Pin.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer: All these words are actually last names.

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

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

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Candy, Carpenter, Legend, Major.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #758 for July 8, 2025

If you want to see the full answer for this puzzle game that can make you smarter, look into the section below. It contains all the categories and where each of the sixteen words belongs in those groupings.

Yellow - Liaison: Affair, Fling, Relations, Thing
Green - Seen in a Locker Room: Bench, Locker, Mirror, Scale
Blue - Something Entered for Access: Code, Key, Password, Pin
Purple - Johns: Candy, Carpenter, Legend, Major