NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 2 (game #752)

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #752) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• OEDIPUS
• REX
• FAKE
• ID
• FRESHWATER
• SOPHOCLES
• JUNIPER
• SENECA
• COPY
• SLIP
• BOOTLEG
• MOBILE
• SHIRT
• PAIN
• DREAMS
• REPLICA

NYT Connections today (game #752) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Counterfeit
• BLUE: Precede with a letter
• GREEN: Sigmund 
• PURPLE: School starters

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #752) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: KNOCKOFF 
• BLUE: WORDS AFTER "T-" 
• GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH FREUD 
• PURPLE: STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #752) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #752, are…

• YELLOW: KNOCKOFF BOOTLEG, COPY, FAKE, REPLICA
• BLUE: WORDS AFTER "T-" MOBILE, PAIN, REX, SHIRT
• GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH FREUD DREAMS, ID, OEDIPUS, SLIP
• PURPLE: STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONS FRESHWATER, JUNIPER, SENECA, SOPHOCLES

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• My rating: Hard
• My score: Fail

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Back in the day when I was a music journalist, someone used my name to blag free gig tickets and they were going out having much more fun than I was. I only found out when I turned up at a concert once and was refused entry. I mention this because a KNOCKOFF is not always easy to spot – unlike today’s yellow group, which was a doddle.

The rest of today’s Connections were really tough. I thought I’d cracked the code when I got WORDS AFTER “T-”, but the last two groups destroyed me.

Thinking that there must be a group connected by philosophy, I tried OEDIPUS, SENECA, and SOPHOCLES and added JUNIPER out of ignorance.

This gave me a “one away”, but I used up all my remaining guesses trying to complete a non-existent group. What Freud would have to say about that I don’t know, but I suspect it’d be something to do with my dreams of my mother doing crosswords.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, July 1, game #751)

• YELLOW: STEAL NICK, PALM, PINCH, POCKET
• GREEN: DAPPER NEAT, SHARP, SMART, TIDY
• BLUE: DO SOME GROOMING BRUSH, DRESS, SHAVE, SHOWER
• PURPLE: ___STONE BIRTH, KEY, MILE, TOUCH

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What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.