The New York Times Connections game for July 12 featured words like PERIOD, UNIFORM, CHAMPION, and more.
Players were provided with groups and clues, such as YELLOW: Cheerleader, GREEN: Exact, BLUE: Portions of time, and PURPLE: Spelling alphabet.
The answers for the groups included ENDORSE BACK, CHAMPION, SECOND, SUPPORT; DETAILED ELABORATE, MINUTE, PARTICULAR, THOROUGH; ERA AGE, DAY, PERIOD, TIME; IN THE NATO ALPHABET ECHO, KILO, UNIFORM, VICTOR.
The game is rated as easy, and players can make up to four mistakes while playing. It challenges players to find groups of four items that share something in common.