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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 15 (game #674).
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 #675) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CROWD
- SCORE
- MAMBA
- ENGINE
- BOA
- SIMBA
- KATY PERRY
- SCAR
- LION
- GARTER
- SCRATCH
- MERINGUE
- CORSET
- SCRAPE
- TANGY
- STOCKINGS
NYT Connections today (game #675) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cabaret garms
- GREEN: Deface with a nail
- BLUE: A sound in common
- PURPLE: Cut a rug
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 #675) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BURLESQUE WEAR
- GREEN: MESS UP THE SURFACE OF
- BLUE: THEY ROAR
- PURPLE: LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #675) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #675, are…
- YELLOW: BURLESQUE WEAR BOA, CORSET, GARTER, STOCKINGS
- GREEN: MESS UP THE SURFACE OF SCAR, SCORE, SCRAPE, SCRATCH
- BLUE: THEY ROAR CROWD, ENGINE, KATY PERRY, LION
- PURPLE: LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED MAMBA, MERINGUE, SIMBA, TANGY
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
After two losses in a row I am just relieved to have completed Connections today.
Not that it was easy, with the multiple traps (SCAR and SIMBA from The Lion King being the most obvious).
I knew that the inclusion of the first pop star in space, KATY PERRY, had to do with one of her songs – but all I could think of was Fireworks and Hot and Cold and neither of those helped. I’m annoyed I missed it.
It’s funny how you get groups sometimes. I was trying to think of all the things that MAMBA could possibly be (snakes, candy, sports, it wasn’t a long list) and added “number five” even though I knew that was relevant to mambo not mamba – and then it clicked.
I am super-pleased to get a purple group, even if it was in a very roundabout kind of way.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 15 April, game #674)
- YELLOW: DESIST ABSTAIN, AVOID, CEASE, REFRAIN
- GREEN: CARD GAMES BRIDGE, HEARTS, SPEED, SPOONS
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF GREEK DRAMA CHORUS, HERO, HUBRIS, TRAGEDY
- PURPLE: SECOND WORDS OF "PETER PAN" CHARACTERS BELL, DARLING, HOOK, PAN
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.