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 #750) – today’s words

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

• AIRPLANE
• HIGHWAY
• ROLLER COASTER
• BRIDGE
• VELVET
• CROWN
• NFL PLAYER
• CIRCUS
• WHIRLWIND
• DRIVE
• HOT TUB NOZZLE
• FILLING
• BLACK
• VENEER
• SOAP OPERA
• PEAKS

NYT Connections today (game #750) – hint #1 – group hints

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

• YELLOW: Orthodontics
• GREEN: Life is a cabaret
• BLUE: Partial film names
• PURPLE: Also a gang member in West Side Story

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 #750) – hint #2 – group answers

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

• YELLOW: DENTAL ADDITIONS 
• GREEN: METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT 
• BLUE: SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES 
• PURPLE: WHAT “JET” MIGHT REFER TO 

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

NYT Connections today (game #750) – the answers

The answers to today’s Connections, game #750, are…

• YELLOW: DENTAL ADDITIONS BRIDGE, CROWN, FILLING, VENEER
• GREEN: METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT CIRCUS, ROLLER COASTER, SOAP OPERA, WHIRLWIND
• BLUE: SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES DRIVE, HIGHWAY, PEAKS, VELVET
• PURPLE: WHAT “JET” MIGHT REFER TO AIRPLANE, BLACK, HOT TUB NOZZLE, NFL PLAYER

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

Having spent a small fortune on all the DENTAL ADDITIONS here I really should have got the yellow group more quickly.

Instead, my eyes were drawn to the words PEAKS and VELVET – which will always be associated with Twin [Peaks] and Blue [Velvet], two of the works by the late and very great David Lynch.

For the record, the other films included in SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES are Mullholland DRIVE and Lost HIGHWAY. 

METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT was an equally easy spot. Just as well, as I would have struggled for hours to find the link between an NFL PLAYER and a HOT TUB NOZZLE. Congratulations if you did.

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

Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, June 29, game #749)

• YELLOW: ICE CREAM TREATS FLOAT, SHAKE, SPLIT, SUNDAE
• GREEN: FLINCH BOLT, JERK, JUMP, STARTLE
• BLUE: DANCE MOVES CABBAGE PATCH, FLOSS, MOONWALK, ROBOT
• PURPLE: SEEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A RAINSTORM EARTHWORM, MUD, MUSHROOM, PUDDLE

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.