Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on June 26, 2025.

Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.

Today’s Connections has categories about gavel-dropping series, hidden face cards and more.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #746, on June 26.

A hint for each Connections category today, June 26

Yellow group hint: The makings of a popular lunch choice

Green group hint: A well-oiled _______

Blue group hint: Order in the (TV) court!

Purple group hint: Deal us in

A word in each Connections category today, June 26

Yellow group word: Protein

Green group word: Pinball

Blue group word: Goliath

Purple group word: Hawking

Connections categories today, June 26

Yellow group category: Components of a salad

Green group category: Kinds of machines

Blue group category: Legal dramas

Purple group category: Ending with playing cards

Here are the answers to Connections today, June 26

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?

Components of a salad: Cheese, dressing, lettuce, protein

What are the green words in today’s Connections?

Kinds of machines: Enigma, pinball, sewing, vending

What are the blue words in today’s Connections?

Legal dramas: “Damages,” “Goliath,” “Matlock,” “Suits”

What are the purple words in today’s Connections?

Ending with playing cards: Bojack, Hawking, Lovelace, McQueen

Deanna Janes