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Players can shuffle and rearrange the board if they want to try to make the process of guessing the connections easier. But be careful, players can only make four mistakes in total before the game ends.

Times' puzzle editor Wyna Liu previously said that the categories' difficulty varies with each daily edition.

"Some categories might be defined by their use of wordplay—palindromes, homophones, adding or dropping letters and words—rather than the literal meanings of the words on the cards. I identified three areas where difficulty could be adjusted: the familiarity of the words, the ambiguity of their categorization, and the variety of the wordplay," she said.

Liu added that she toyed with different ways to make Connections more of a challenge.

"There would have to be a mix of categories for the game to feel challenging and satisfying," she said in the Times. "Some categories might be defined by their use of wordplay—palindromes, homophones, adding or dropping letters and words—rather than the literal meanings of the words on the cards."

Newsweek has compiled some hints for today's game below, so be warned, there are spoilers ahead.

Connections #378 Clues for Sunday, July 7

Yellow: All the words relate to changing the states of matter.

Green: These words all relate to replacing someone or something.

Blue: These are all slang words for something specific.

Purple: All the words are hits by a famous singer.

'Connections' #378 Answers for Sunday, July 7

Yellow Category: "Change states of matter"

Yellow Words: Condense, Freeze, Melt, Vaporize

Green Category: Replacement

Green Words: Alternate, Backup, Cover, Sub

Blue Category: Slangy names for professions

Blue Words: Copper, Hack, Shrink, Suit

Purple Category: Mariah Carey number one hits

Purple Words: Fantasy, Hero, Honey, Someday