HIGHLIGHTS
- The actual meaning of Mien is a person’s appearance or manner, but in today’s NYT Connections, it represents Mean, a homophone of synonyms for “despicable”.
- Dodo in today’s NYT Games is not an extinct flightless bird; rather, it is a slang term used to describe someone as foolish or slow-witted.
- Companies That Have Become Verbs, Silly Person, Kinds Of Songs, and Homophones of Synonyms For “Despicable” are the NYT Connections category for July 11, 2025.
Starting your day with the New York Times games might be the best way to make your morning work quite refreshing with creative tasks.
Like any usual day, I start my day with NYT Connections, which was already out at Midnight.
In today’s Connections, words were not so simple; for instance, Dodo, Mien, Offal, and Goof seem to be quite unaware of their regular lives, causing difficulties.
Answers For Today’s NYT Connections (July 11, 2025)
After closely analyzing today’s NYT Connections, the first four words that instantly crossed my mind were Google, Yahoo, Uber, and Zoom.
Initially, I thought these words were the names of some digital companies, but later, after losing one life, I was able to crack the yellow group, “Companies That Have Become Verbs“.
Instead of Yahoo, Photoshop is the other word that completes today’s Yellow group in NYT Connections.

Swan And Siren Meaning In NYT Connections #761
Moving ahead with the remaining words, I got the blue group after losing one more life, which was titled “Kinds Of Songs“.
The blue group in today’s NYT Connections featured words like Flok, Love, Siren, and Swan. While Love and Flok songs are pretty common, I was confused about Swan and Siren.

Swan in today’s NYT Connection represents Swan Song, the final performance or piece before retirement or death.
Meanwhile, Siren Songs are the mythical songs that lure sailors; metaphorically, seductive or haunting music.
Dodo And Goof Meaning In NYT Connections #761
As I progressed with the remaining words, I encountered the green group “Silly Person” (out of luck), characterized by words like Dodo, Goof, Goose, and Yahoo.
Dodo in today’s NYT Connections is a slang term that often describes someone as foolish or slow-witted. Meanwhile, Goof is a clumsy or silly person; also used as a verb (“to goof off”).

Lastly, Goose means a playful or silly person, especially in teasing contexts, and Yahoo refers to a loud, uncultured, or foolish person (originating from Gulliver’s Travels).
Mien And Offal Meaning In NYT Connections #761
With only four words remaining at the end, I quickly grouped them out and got the purple group “Homophones Of Synonyms For ‘Despicable’“.
The word Despicable means extremely unpleasant and deserving to be despised. It has synonyms like Foul, Mean, Awful, and Vile.

With this meaning, in today’s NYT Games, Mien represents the word Mean, which is one of the synonyms for despicable. Meanwhile, Offal represents Awful.
Finally, after getting the purple group and coloring up the grid, I was able to complete today’s NYT Connections with the following words;
- Companies That Have Become Verbs (Yellow): Google, Photoshop, Uber, Zoom
- Silly Person (Green): Dodo, Goof, Goose, Yahoo
- Kinds Of Songs (Blue): Folk, Love, Siren, Swan
- Homophones Of Synonyms For “Despicable” (Purple): Fowl, Mien, Offal, Vial

