The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

NYT Connections is a daily word game that asks you to sort 16 words into four themed groups. The categories increase in difficulty from yellow (easiest) to purple (most challenging). Today’s set is full of clever cross‑wordplay and phrase-based connections that might trip you up,

L ooking for clues for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on July 18 for puzzle #768 are easier than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 2.5 out of 5.