Connections was kind of all over the place today.

Anyone else getDodgeball vibesfrom one of the purple answers, even though there’s another,more traditional meaning?

Read on for hints and answers for theJuly 3 Connections puzzle.

And do you also play Wordle?

We’ve gottoday’s Wordle answer and hintstoo.

Yellow group hint:Envision or conceive.

Green group hint:Actual.

Blue group hint:Bake it and slice it.

Purple group hint:Baseball pitchers might get this one.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:Develop, as ideas.

Green group:Tangible.

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is develop, as ideas.

The four answers are brainstorm, ideate, spitball and workshop.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is tangible.

The four answers are concrete, material, real and solid.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is kinds of cake.

The four answers are birthday, crumb, marble and pound.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is things you could throw, in metaphors.

The four answers are curveball, party, tantrum and wrench.

How to play Connections

Playing is easy.Winning is hard.

Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four.

hit the four words you think go together.

The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest.

Look at the words carefully, and think about related terms.

Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word.