Today’s Connections categories were a bit confusing and had an odd combination of words that left me thinking for a while. It took me three wrong submissions to finally guess all the categories correctly. So, here are the NYT Connections categories for July 18, 2025.

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

Looking for clues for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on July 16 for puzzle #766 is easier than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 2.8 out of 5.