{"id":386092,"date":"2026-04-18T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/386092\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:36:10","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-for-april-18-1042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/386092\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 18 #1042"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints<\/a>, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n

Today’s NYT\u00a0Connections puzzle<\/a>\u00a0features a fun purple category that’ll require you to spot certain beverage names. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.<\/p>\n

The Times has a Connections Bot<\/a>, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress<\/a>, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Hints for today’s Connections groups<\/p>\n

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n

Yellow group hint: Wow!<\/p>\n

Green group hint: Plug it in.<\/p>\n

Blue group hint: Cinderella team.<\/p>\n

Purple group hint: Drink up.<\/p>\n

Answers for today’s Connections groups<\/p>\n

Yellow group: Look at with awe.<\/p>\n

Green group: Basic electricity terms.<\/p>\n

Blue group: Unexpected winner.<\/p>\n

Purple group: Starting with soda brands.<\/p>\n

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/a><\/p>\n

What are today’s Connections answers? \"completed <\/p>\n

The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

NYT\/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is look at with awe. The four answers are goggle, marvel, stare and wonder.<\/p>\n

The green words in today’s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is basic electricity terms. The four answers are AC, DC, power and voltage.<\/p>\n

The blue words in today’s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is unexpected winner. The four answers are dark horse, long shot, sleeper and underdog.<\/p>\n

The purple words in today’s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is starting with soda brands. The four answers are crushworthy, Fantagraphics, frescade and pepsinogen.<\/p>\n

Toughest Connections puzzles<\/p>\n

We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles<\/a> so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.<\/p>\n

#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.<\/p>\n

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.<\/p>\n

#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.<\/p>\n

#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.<\/p>\n

#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-386092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}