{"id":389412,"date":"2026-04-20T22:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389412\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:18:09","slug":"tuesday-april-21-clues-and-answers-1045","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389412\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, April 21 Clues And Answers (#1,045)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Find<\/a><\/p>\n

Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.<\/p>\n

getty<\/p>\n

Each day\u2019s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today\u2019s NYT Connections hints, here\u2019s what you missed on Monday:<\/a> <\/p>\n

ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Monday, April 20 Clues And Answers (#1,044)By Kris Holt<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey there, Connectors! I hope you\u2019ve had a great start to your week.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s important to find the joy in whatever you are doing*, especially so in trying times. That could be anything from making household chores more palatable by listening to music, audiobooks or podcasts, or making your workday more fun. <\/p>\n

The latter is something I\u2019ve been trying to do more of. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love what I do for a living, especially putting together this column every day. Yet it\u2019s still work. Sure, I\u2019ll take breaks so I can walk around a bit and temporarily turn my mind to something else, but I do what I can to enjoy my work as much as possible. Thinking up a decent joke or fun hint, for instance, always helps. I encourage you to do something similar.<\/p>\n

*With my usual caveat that it shouldn\u2019t bring harm to anyone.<\/p>\n

Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord<\/a>, where we chat about Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It\u2019s a lovely group of folks. You\u2019re more than welcome to join us. <\/p>\n

Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes<\/a>. If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections columns, I publish longer pieces along similar lines on Pastimes as well. I think you\u2019d dig them.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 21 are coming right up. Let\u2019s get rolling!<\/p>\n

NYT Connections \u2013 How To Play<\/p>\n

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT\u2019s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.<\/p>\n

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don\u2019t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that\u2019s what you have to figure out.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it\u2019s game over.<\/p>\n

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs \u2013 part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.<\/p>\n

As with Wordle and similar games, it\u2019s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.<\/p>\n

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow \u2013 correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.<\/p>\n

NYT Connections Hints \u2013 Today\u2019s Word List<\/p>\n

Scroll slowly! I\u2019ll first give you a list of today\u2019s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I\u2019ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I\u2019ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s 16 words are…<\/p>\n

OCTOPUSBREEZETHUNDERMESSENGERMOONSADDLEBULLWALTZBUNKGOLDHOBOMOSEYBILGECROSSBODYSTROLLBALONEYNYT Connections Hints <\/p>\n

And the hints for today\u2019s Connections groups are:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 move in a lackadaisical fashion, perhaps\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 what tosh!\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 these can get stuffed\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 like sky and spec, but no, doctor, these haven’t been stirredNYT Connections Hints \u2013 One Answer Per Group<\/p>\n

Need some extra help? <\/p>\n

Be warned: we\u2019re starting to get into spoiler territory.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at one answer for each group.<\/p>\n

Here we go\u2026<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 WALTZ\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 BUNK\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 SADDLE\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 THUNDERNYT Connections Hints \u2013 Groups\/Categories<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections groups are…<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 amble (in)\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 balderdash\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 kinds of bags \ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 starts of one-word James Bond movie titles NYT Connections Answers<\/p>\n

Spoiler alert! Don\u2019t scroll any further down the page until you\u2019re ready to find out today\u2019s Connections answers.<\/p>\n

This is your last chance to look away. <\/p>\n

This is your final warning!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections answers are… <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 amble (in) (BREEZE, MOSEY, STROLL, WALTZ)\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 balderdash (BALONEY, BILGE, BULL, BUNK)\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 kinds of bags (CROSSBODY, HOBO, MESSENGER, SADDLE)\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 starts of one-word James Bond movie titles (GOLD, MOON, OCTOPUS, THUNDER)<\/p>\n

I got the greens right away. No problem at all there. I got the yellows squared away in short order too.<\/p>\n

From there, GOLD and MOON helped me figure out the purples. Fun group! Those refer to Goldfinger\/GoldenEye, Moonraker, Octopussy and Thunderball.<\/p>\n

That left the blues (for which I did figure out the category) for my 416th win in a row, though I don\u2019t know what a HOBO bag is.<\/p>\n

How did you get on today? Here\u2019s my grid: <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9
\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8
\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea
\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6<\/p>\n

The category titles spelled out everything except for the purples, and I did that above, so no Answers Explained column today. (I didn’t figure out any red herrings either.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all there is to it for today\u2019s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog<\/a> tomorrow for hints and the solution for Wednesday\u2019s game if you need them.<\/p>\n

P.S. My current favorite band dropped a new song last week right before starting their latest North American tour. I am absolutely buzzing to see Electric Callboy again in a few weeks, and I\u2019ve already listened to \u201cHypercharged\u201d many, many times. It\u2019s not quite my favorite song of theirs, but as always, it\u2019s loud, catchy and full of energy. I like it a whole bunch (and yes, I\u2019ve already ordered a special edition of the new album):<\/p>\n

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!<\/p>\n

Please follow my blog<\/a> for more NYT Connections hints and help with other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my newsletter, Pastimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections. getty Each day\u2019s game of NYT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[201542,13351,201541,13349,188220,96285,188221,13352,13354,156,13353,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-389412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-connections-1045","9":"tag-connections-answers","10":"tag-connections-april-21","11":"tag-connections-clues","12":"tag-connections-hint","13":"tag-connections-hint-today","14":"tag-connections-nyt","15":"tag-connections-today","16":"tag-connections-tuesday","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-how-to-play-connections","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389412","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=389412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}