It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need.

You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.

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If you’re here by mistake and instead need the answers forAugust 1,click here.

Category Hints

Today’s puzzle has some brutal categories to work out.

We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.

If you want today’s category hints,click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.

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Today’syellow categoryrelates to stress, frustration, and effort.

Today’sgreen categoryrelates to music. Think ‘clubbing’ and ‘remix’.

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Today’sblue categorywill evoke words like ‘tense’ and ‘noun’.

Today’spurple categoryrelates to the colour of a different category.

Herring Watch:Test, Try, and Sample can all mean the same thing, but they do not in this puzzle.

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