New York Times Connections Hints & Answers for #728 June 8…

New York Times Connections is 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 know how to play Connections, 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.

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By Chris Birsner

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #728 for June 8, 2025

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Last, Bull, Born, Bred, Doe, Stand, Spouse, Bear, Education, Cache, Dove, Hold, Lute, Stay, Occupation, and Hawk.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you want a hint or two to help you get through this free-to-play puzzle game, you can 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 the Read More link below them.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this short daily puzzle game:

1. Born and Bred do not go in the same category.

2. None of these categories are about tricks that animals do.

3. Doe and Cache go in the same group.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer: To keep going, to stick around.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Persist.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Persist.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Hold, Last, Stand, Stay.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: Animals that describe a market.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Animal Metaphors in Economics.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Animal Metaphors in Economics.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Bear, Bull, Dove, Hawk.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer in this relaxing puzzle game: A person's stats.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Sidebar Info on a Person's Wikipedia Page.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Sidebar Info on a Person's Wikipedia Page.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Born, Education, Occupation, Spouse.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer: Scratch, dollars, but spelled wrong.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Homophones of Slang for Money.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Homophones 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 8, 2025

If you want to see the full answer to this mind-boggling puzzle game, you can find it below. Open the expandable section up to see which groups all the provided words belong in.

Yellow - Persist: Hold, Last, Stand, Stay
Green - Animal Metaphors in Economics: Bear, Bull, Dove, Hawk
Blue - Sidebar Info on a Person's Wikipedia Page: Born, Education, Occupation, Spouse
Purple - Homophones of Slang for Money: Bread, Cache, Doe, Lute