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Today's NYT Connections for July 29 #414 Includes a Fairly Rare Word

Connections No. 414, for July 29 tests your vocabulary.

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Read on for the Connections answer.

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I think today was the first time that the  New York Times Connections puzzle included a word I've never seen before: solfège. If you know it, hats off to you, and you probably cruised through today's puzzle. Read on for hints and answers.

Want more game answers? Here's the Wordle answer for today, and here's the answer for Strands. And do you solve the NYT Mini Crossword? Here's today's answer for that.

Read more: NYT Connections Could Be the New Wordle: Our Hints and Tips

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: Sports team homes.

Green group hint: Like avenue, or boulevard.

Blue group hint: Think the balancing zodiac sign.

Purple group hint: Moby Dick can do this.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Stadiums.

Green group: Street suffixes.

Blue group: Associated with scales.

Purple group: Things with spouts.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today's Connections answers?

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New York Times Connections completed puzzle for July 29, 2024.

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The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is stadiums. The four answers are arena, bowl, coliseum and dome.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is street suffixes. The four answers are alley, court, drive and lane.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is associated with scales. The four answers are fish, justice, Libra and solfege.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is things with spouts. The four answers are fountain, gutter, teapot and whale.

How to play Connections

Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don't know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including "Rushmore" and "Journeyman."