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Connectionsrequires players to find the connections between 16 words, and place them in four groups of four. If you want some help, we have the solution to Connections for August 19, 2025, along with hints to help you solve it yourself.
SPOILERS AHEAD (CLUES)
Category Clues for Today’s Connections (#317)
Today, as every day, you need to split the 16 words that make up the Connections puzzle grid into four groups of four based on specific categories. It isn’t as easy as it sounds. Fortunately, we’re on hand to help you solve today’s Connections puzzle.
If you want to jump straight to today’s Connections solution, scroll past the next spoiler warning. However, if you’d rather see some category clues designed to help you solve it without giving the answers away first:
Yellow:“Forcibly remove”
Green:“What is under our feet”
Blue:“You’d need a ship to sail on these”
Purple:“What about ‘Saving Private Ryan’?”
SPOILERS AHEAD (SOLUTION)
Today’s Connections Solution (June 29, 2025)
If those hints aren’t helpful enough, and you find yourself struggling to beat Connections #317 without running out of mistakes, here are the solutions for all four categories:
Yellow:“Throw Out” = BOOT, BOUNCE, EJECT, TOSS
Green:“Terra Firma” = EARTH, GROUND, LAND, SOIL
Blue:“Seas” = BALTIC, BLACK, PHILIPPINE, RED
Purple:“Tom Hanks Movies” = BIG, PHILADELPHIA, SPLASH, SULLY
What Made Today’s Connections Difficult
Today’s Connections puzzle was made difficult due to the following:
Our Top Tips to Beat Connections Every Day
Now that you have completed today’s Connections puzzle (with a little help from your friends at MUO), you should check out some of the other free games from the New York Times.
Wordle is the best-known of them all, and challenges you to find a 5-letter word within six guesses. For every letter you find, you get told if it’s in the correct place, allowing you to whittle down the possible options. If you need help with Wordle, check out ourtips and tricks to improve your Wordle score.
There’s also Strands, the newest addition to the New York Times' burgeoning list of games. Just like Connections, it’s extremely challenging, but in a unique string-the-letters-together way. We recommend you check outour best tips for beating Strandsto give yourself a leg up on the daily challenge.
Or, if you’re really only into Connections but want more tips than are offered above, check out our longerlist of Connections tips and tricks.
