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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, April 25 (game #684).
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 #685) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GLEN
- GARY
- ROSS
- COLOR
- HOPE
- HOLLOW
- SHADE
- LUBE
- DELL
- DOLE
- GENRE
- TONE
- HUE
- DRE
- DALE
- MARLEY
NYT Connections today (game #685) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pigment
- GREEN: Landscape
- BLUE: Short version of Robert
- PURPLE: Jumbled letters
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 #685) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TINT
- GREEN: VALLEY
- BLUE: BOBS
- PURPLE: COLOR ANAGRAMS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #685) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #685, are…
- YELLOW: TINT COLOR, HUE, SHADE, TONE
- GREEN: VALLEY DALE, DELL, GLEN, HOLLOW
- BLUE: BOBS DOLE, HOPE, MARLEY, ROSS
- PURPLE: COLOR ANAGRAMS DRE, GARY, GENRE, LUBE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I didn’t make any mistakes today, but I wasn’t fully confident in any of the groups.
For TINT, I felt COLOR was too on the nose and perhaps one of the other words completed the quartet.
For what became VALLEY, I thought I was just looking for geographical terms and thought that ROSS, which is used to describe rocky headlands, could have been included. And, although I knew I was looking for famous BOBS, I did wonder whether Dr DRE’s first name was Bob and if he should join MARLEY and HOPE.
In hindsight, PURPLE should have been the most gettable group, but anagrams didn’t occur to me at all.
Incidentally, nice to see a nod to the incredible film Glengarry Glen Ross hidden in today’s puzzle.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, April 25, game #684)
- YELLOW: GUM FLAVORS BUBBLEGUM, CINNAMON, MENTHOL, WINTERGREEN
- GREEN: STARTING POINT CATALYST, LAUNCHPAD, SPARK, SPRINGBOARD
- BLUE: GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK SONGS AUTUMN LEAVES, SUMMERTIME, UNFORGETTABLE, WITCHCRAFT
- PURPLE: ___ TUBE FALLOPIAN, INNER, TEST, VACUUM
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.
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