NYT Connections hint (Fri, 3 Jul)

Feeling a little lost with today's Connections puzzle? We get it! Some puzzles seem to fly by while others feel nearly impossible.

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Connections hint for Friday 3rd July

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Good vibes.
• 🟩 Green hint: Feeling good in the past!
• 🟦 Blue hint: Things you don't want directed at you.
• 🟪 Purple hint: One sound, four meanings.
• Extra hint 1: Two groups are based on positivity, while another is based on negativity.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'C'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Bliss
• 🟩 Green: Far Out
• 🟦 Blue: Dirty Look
• 🟪 Purple: Golf Accessory

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: Positive Feelings
• 🟩 Green: Retro Expressions of Approval
• 🟦 Blue: Bad Things to Give Someone
• 🟪 Purple: What Things Pronounced "T" Might Refer To

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 Friday, 3rd July:

• 🟨 Yellow: Positive Feelings (Bliss, Felicity, Happiness, Warm Fuzzies)
• 🟩 Green: Retro Expressions of Approval (Cool Beans, Far Out, Groovy, Right On)
• 🟦 Blue: Bad Things to Give Someone (Cold Shoulder, Dirty Look, Hard Time, Runaround)
• 🟪 Purple: What Things Pronounced "T" Might Refer To (Golf Accessory, Hot Drink, Gossip, Shirt)

In hindsight, today's puzzle was pretty easy. At the time, though, I was getting increasingly frustrated while trying to separate the yellow and green groups. Good vibes just felt like it should have been in the green group

When I eventually did sort the green group and saw the group name 'Retro Expressions', I immediately felt ancient and my mood did not improve. Hopefully your experience was more tranquil thanks to our helpful hints!

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!