Connectionsis here again to challenge your brain’s ability to find patterns in a selection of words. This difficult puzzle game makes you question every definition of every word, digging for relationships between letters, parts of words, and synonyms.

For any fans or newbies who are unable to complete this puzzle on their own, they can find loads of help here. This article contains everything you need to defeat this puzzle except for the rules ofhow to playConnections.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #703 for July 20, 2025

TheConnectionspuzzle for today contains the words:Bane, Psyche, Draw, Ned, Mnemonic, Bolt, Knee, Wick, Ted, Hyper, Pull, Gnome, Kilo, Dumbo, Meta,andSuck.

What is the Definition of Mnemonic?

Mnemonics are things that aid in memory, such as songs or acronyms. It can also be “a programming code that is easy to remember, as STO for “store,”" according to Dictionary.com.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Thisinnovative puzzle gamegot you stumped? Each of the sections below has a helpful puzzle clue, a category hint, or even a spoiler to get you a little closer to the answer.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

  1. None of these groups are about tech companies or computer software or anything similar.

  2. None of the categories are about archery or shooting.

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  1. Bolt and Ted go in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:Like taking (or stopping) blood.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforwardConnectionsisAbsorb Using Capillary Action.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Draw, Pull, Suck, Wick.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer for thisfree-to-play game:Endo, Exo, Para, Pro.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficultyConnectionsisGreek Prefixes.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Hyper, Kilo, Meta, Neo.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer in thisWordle-like game:Films about animals.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficultConnectionsisTitular Talking Animals of Film.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Babe, Bolt, Dumbo, Ted.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in thisminimalist puzzle game:Other words you could put in this group: Writer, Knowledge, Hour, Gnat.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty inConnectionsisStarting with Silent Letters.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Gnome, Knee, Mnemonic, Psyche.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #703 for May 22, 2025

The full answer to thisrelaxing puzzle gameis in the expandable section below. If you want to see all four categories and the which words go in which groups, you can find all those below.

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