Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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.

Today’s Connections has categories about the DL, the U.S. and more. Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #775, on July 25. Green group hint: How one might shorthand spots on the U.S. map