NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, April 13 (game #672)

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 12 (game #671).

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #672) – today’s words

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Today’s NYT Connections words are…

PRESENT
CAPER
ELDER
ROMAN
LOGAN
SWIPE
POCKET
TYPEWRITER
GOOSE
SANS
ABSENT
PINCH
LATE
GOTHIC
NICK
EXCUSED

NYT Connections today (game #672) – hint #1 – group hints

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Thievery
GREEN: Student record
BLUE: Typeface
PURPLE: Add a word for small fruits

Need more clues?

We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #672) – hint #2 – group answers

What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: STEAL
GREEN: ATTENDANCE STATUS
BLUE: FONT-MODIFYING WORDS
PURPLE: __BERRY

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #672) – the answers

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The answers to today’s Connections, game #672, are…

YELLOW: STEAL NICK, PINCH, POCKET, SWIPE
GREEN: ATTENDANCE STATUS ABSENT, EXCUSED, LATE, PRESENT
BLUE: FONT-MODIFYING WORDS GOTHIC, ROMAN, SANS, TYPEWRITER
PURPLE: __BERRY CAPER, ELDER, GOOSE, LOGAN

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

A rare Connections without any mistakes for me today, and a chance for lots of players to get the purple group.

I used to own a TYPEWRITER when I was younger and would type out interviews and articles for my fanzine on it.

Over time, the ink ribbon wore out but rather than buy a new one – which most sensible people would do – I would write over the faded words with a black pen.

It was ridiculous, but I’d put together six 48-page magazines using this method and then photocopy them. So really I should have got FONT-MODIFYING WORDS far quicker than just my third group.

I didn’t, because memories of being LATE, ABSENT or EXCUSED still loom large in my mind, as that was the story of my school days (and also the explanation for the many large gaps in my knowledge).

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 12 April, game #671)

YELLOW: SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BIT, FLASH, JIFF, SEC
GREEN: DO WRONG ERR, FALL, SIN, STRAY
BLUE: N.B.A. PLAYER BUCK, NET, SPUR, SUN
PURPLE: STARTS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES BOTS, CAME, KEN, TAN

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.