NYT Connections hint (Tue, 28 Jul)

Monday's over, but that might not have been the hardest part of your week. If this Connections is testing you more, we've got you covered.

Here, we've got subtle hints and full answers so you can complete even the toughest of puzzles any day of the week.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Tuesday 28th July

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Who's in charge here?
• 🟩 Green hint: Take a trip through the produce aisle.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Every answer wears the same first letter.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Read the beginning both ways.
• Extra hint 1: One group hides a pattern before the word really gets started.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'L'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Head
• 🟩 Green: Fuji
• 🟦 Blue: Clarks
• 🟪 Purple: Everest

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Command
• 🟩 Green: How Do You Like Them Apples
• 🟦 Blue: Shoe Brands Starting with "C"
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Palindromic Names

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Tuesday, 28th July:

• 🟨 Yellow: Command (Captain, Direct, Head, Lead)
• 🟩 Green: How Do You Like Them Apples (Empire, Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp)
• 🟦 Blue: Shoe Brands Starting with "C" (Camper, Clarks, Converse, Crocs)
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Palindromic Names (Annapolis, Bobsled, Everest, Ottoman)

If you're reading this, that means you completed today's puzzle! That's one thing ticked off your to-do list, now onto the next! The easiest part of today's puzzle for me was the green group, cause I do, in fact, like them apples. And you probably know by now what I'm going to say the hardest part was. We're all looking at you, purple group.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!