HIGHLIGHTS
- The word “Iris” has multiple meaning, but in today’s NYT Connections, it refers to a 1998 song by the American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls.
- Rod in today’s NYT Connections’ represents Hot Rod, a 2007 American comedy film directed by Akiva Schaffer.
- Perspective, Seen in an Ice Cream Shop, Hit Songs of 1998, and Hot___ are the NYT Connections categories for June 13, 2025.
The New York Times Connections for June 13, 2025, is now live with its 16 fresh words.
As per today’s Connections Companion, today’s difficulty is 2.8 out of 5, which is relatively low compared to yesterday’s game.
With this average difficulty rating, you might encounter a few words like Iris and Rod that are pretty difficult to group out.
Answers For Today’s NYT Connections (June 13, 2025)
After closely analyzing today’s NYT Connections, the first four words that instantly crossed my mind were Cone, Cup, Little Spone, and Scoop.
Each of these words was related to one another in a sense of Ice Cream Holding materials, like a Cone of Ice Cream or a Scoop of Ice Cream.
So, grouping out these Ice Cream words, I got the green group “Seen in an Ice Cream Shop”.

Moving ahead with the remaining words, I got the yellow group “Perspective“, with words like Bent, Point of View, Angle, and Lens.
Rod Meaning In NYT Connections #733 With Purple Group
As I was in the middle of the game with only eight words remaining, I quickly analyzed them and tried to go for the third group.
Following the words, I lost one life and got the purple group “Hot____“, with words, Dog, Potato, Rod, and Water Bottle.

Rod in today’s NYT Connections represents Hot Rod, a 2007 American comedy film directed by Akiva Schaffer.
Other remaining words like Potato, Dog, and Water Bottle were Hot Potato, Hot Dog, and Hot Water Bottle.
Iris Meaning In NYT Connections #733
With only four words remaining at the end, I quickly grouped them out and got the blue group, “Hit Songs of 1998“.
The word Iris has different meanings, like a type of flowering plant, a part of the eye, a system for ethical recruitment, but in today’s NYT Connections, it represents a 1998 song by the American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls.
Similarly, Closing Time is a song by Semisonic 1998, One Week ” is a song by Barenaked Ladies, and Too Close, is a sample of “Christmas Rappin” by Kurtis Blow.

After getting the purple group and coloring up the grid, I was able to complete today’s NYT Connections with the following answers;
- Seen at an Ice Cream Shop (Green): Cone, Cup, Little Spoon, Scoop
- Perspective (Yellow): Angle, Bent, Lens, Point of View
- Hot___ (Purple): Dog, Potato, Rod, Water Bottle
- Hit Songs of 1998 (Blue): Iris, One Week, Closing Time, Too Close

