This guide is for the previous day! Looking for a solution today? Check out the Connections clue and answer for Thursday, July 18!
Want a tip on Connections today? Following on from the monumental success of the daily puzzle game Wordle, the New York Times now has another fantastically popular word game available. It’s called Connections, and if you haven’t played it yet, it’s time to start.
In this guide, we’ll give you a handy pick for today’s Wednesday July 17th Connections puzzle, before revealing the group themes and the Connections answers themselves. We’ll also explain how to play Connections if it’s your first time coming from Wordle!
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Words of connection on Wednesday, July 17
For reference, here are the 16 Connections words for today:
| Package | Carriage | Cheque | Gift box |
| flask | Washing | School | Laundry |
| Wait | Pride | Curb | Nix |
| Post | Inhibit | Supermarket | Swarm |
Help link for July 17th
Here’s a clue for each of the word groups in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a few more clues to help you find the answer:
- Yellow (easiest): All important facilities of the place where you live.
- Green (easy): Words used to describe stopping someone’s progress.
- Blue (Medium): Use these words when you want to describe several animals.
- Purple (Hardest): Think of the first names of American heads of state.
- Another tip 1: “Check” here does not mean overlook.
- Another tip 2: “Cart” and “Nix” belong to the same group.
Groups connection on July 17
If you need even more of a clue to understand today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups—the themes that connect each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are today’s connection groups:
- Buildings around the city
- Get in the way
- Names of groups of animals
- The Beginnings of American Presidents
Now that you know the themes for the various different connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, see the full answer below.
Spoiler alert! Today’s Connections answer is upon us!
What is the response to Connections today (Wednesday July 17)?
- Buildings around the city: Bank, laundry, post office, supermarket
- Interfere with: Check, curb, obstacle, blocking
- Animal group names: Pack, Pride, School, Swarm
- Beginnings of American Presidents: Bide, Cart, Nix, Washing
Congratulations if you answered correctly today, either with or without the help of our helpful hints above! And if you didn’t make it today, don’t worry—a new Connections puzzle comes out every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!
What is a connection?
Connections is a word puzzle game published daily by the NYT, hosts of the endlessly popular Wordle puzzle. Created daily by crossword creator Wyna Liu, the connection gives you a choice of 16 seemingly disparate words to group into four sets of four, with each group of four words sharing a common theme.
For example, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter” and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go” and “Stick” are all words that commonly occur right before the word “Figure”.
It’s your job to figure out what these themes are that connect the different words together – but be careful, because often the red herring connectors are placed there on purpose to throw you off! To win the game, you must find all four connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game ends and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in each day’s Connection puzzle is also assigned a different color to represent how easy or difficult it is to find the Connection. These colors are: yellow (easiest), green (easy), blue (medium) and purple (hardest).
That concludes today’s tutorial on how to solve the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you’re looking for help with Wordle, we’ve also got our list of past Wordle answers, as well as the Wordle hint and answer for Thursday, July 18. You can also check out our list of the best Wordle starter words or use our Wordle Solver tool to help you find the answer easily!