Today's Connections Hints & Answers For July 22, 2024 (Puzzle #406)

Solving today's puzzle will be quite the process, as a few words can trick you if you are not paying attention. Having an inkling of the last two categories will vastly improve your chances of success, as it is mainly those words that messed with us. Fortunately, our mistakes are your victories and you can keep up with your streak with a few hints from us.

If you want to try something that requires some careful thought but without the hassle of figuring out words, the NYT game is the perfect puzzle to try next. You just have to pair off images by matching one layer at a time as you try to keep up the longest streak you can. Keep track of your streaks and you can challenge your past scores as well as those of your friends if you like to be more competitive.

The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.

There are a few challenging categories to fill in today, with a few misdirects as well. Here are a few hints to nudge you in the right direction before we start spoiling category names and answers.

Knowing the categories for today is a massive boost. To give you that boost, we have them all listed out for you:

REALM OF EXPERTISE

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

USED TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC

FOOD ___

REALM OF EXPERTISE

AREA

DOMAIN

FIELD

SPHERE

This category is a bit easier than the others, but there are still some tricks up the editor's sleeve here. AREA and SPHERE both have geometrical connections, and they could quite easily go with CONE and PYRAMID to form such a category.

TRIANGLE might also fit in with some of these, but that one is the easiest to eliminate due to the green category. Looking at DOMAIN and FIELD gives you the biggest hint as to what the category actually is, and utilizing that will help you see AREA and SPHERE also belong.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

FIDDLE

HORN

RECORDER

TRIANGLE

This one was the easiest for us as FIDDLE is a very distinctive word compared