NYT Connections Reveals 4 July 4 Groups, Including Tropical Drinks and Kinds of Poems
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Updated · Forbes · Jul 3
NYT Connections Reveals 4 July 4 Groups, Including Tropical Drinks and Kinds of Poems
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jul 3
Summary
July 4’s NYT Connections puzzle grouped 16 words into four categories: Persist, Kinds of Poems, Tropical Drinks and Sweet ____.
The answers were CONTINUE, LAST, LINGER and STAY; BALLAD, EPIC, ODE and VILLANELLE; HURRICANE, PAINKILLER, SCORPION and ZOMBIE; DREAMS, NOTHINGS, PEA and SPOT.
Hints pointed solvers toward the same sets with one-word clues—LAST, EPIC, SCORPION and DREAMS—before the full categories were revealed.
The write-up described the puzzle as relatively manageable, with the poems set and the Sweet ____ word pattern standing out as easier entry points.