Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has one of those purple categories that asks for sound-alike words that all have something in common. It's a toughie. Need help? Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time 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: Enormous. Green group hint: I'm outta here! Blue group hint: On sport courts. Purple group hint: Sounds like... Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Colossal. Green group: Leave quickly. Blue group: Parts of a basketball hoop. Purple group: Homophones of synonyms for "nab." Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 24, 2025, #774. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is colossal. The four answers are giant, great, mammoth and titanic. The green words in today's Connections The theme is leave quickly. The four answers are bounce, dip, jet and split. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is parts of a basketball hoop. The four answers are backboard, net, pole and rim. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is homophones of synonyms for "nab." The four answers are knick (nick), lute (loot), rabe (rob) and steel (steal).