{"id":390979,"date":"2026-04-21T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390979\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:34:10","slug":"wednesday-april-22-clues-and-answers-1046","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390979\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, April 22 Clues And Answers (#1,046)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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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 Tuesday: <\/p>\n

ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Tuesday, April 21 Clues And Answers (#1,045)By Kris Holt<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it\u2019s time for another game of Connections!<\/p>\n

I recently forwarded a package to friends in another country since they couldn\u2019t import the items they were ordering directly (nothing untoward, I promise!). As a thank you, they sent me a care package, which they absolutely did not have to do. I was more than happy to just help them out.<\/p>\n

One of the items they sent me was a small Lego kit. Fun! You can use it to assemble a space shuttle. Or two other builds. Oh no, it\u2019s a three-in-one kit. I have been cursed with having to make a decision about which build to go for. Very kind of them to send this to me, don\u2019t get me wrong. But I\u2019m now worried I\u2019ll never choose which option to actually build and just leave it in the box.<\/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 Wednesday, April 22 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

TRUCKPOLISHNICESLUGDECKGAMEWHEELHERBCLAYSOCKREADINGARTISTSTICKSGLAZEPUNCHKILNNYT Connections Hints <\/p>\n

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

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 firing is a positive action here\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 often carried out in a boxing match\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 like a great, sad song, these might sound different depending on the context\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 well, don’t just leave these on the floor!NYT 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 WHEEL\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 SLUG\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 NICE\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014ARTISTNYT Connections Hints \u2013 Groups\/Categories<\/p>\n

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

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 pottery equipment \ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 wallop\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 words pronounced different ways as proper nouns\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 pick-up _____ 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 pottery equipment (CLAY, GLAZE, KILN, WHEEL)\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 wallop (DECK, PUNCH, SLUG, SOCK)\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 words pronounced different ways as proper nouns (HERB, NICE, POLISH, READING)\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 pick-up _____ (ARTIST, GAME, STICKS, TRUCK)<\/p>\n

I got the pottery-related words first, in part because I\u2019m looking forward to a new video game called KILN<\/a> that\u2019s out this week. I got the greens after that. I feel like we had a similar group not too long ago?<\/p>\n

STICKS and TRUCK helped me figure out the purples. The blues didn\u2019t quite land for me (even though I was already thinking of POLISH as the nationality) because I’m Scottish and I pronounce HERB the same way in both contexts.<\/p>\n

Anyway! Regional dialect differences aside, that’s my 417th victory in a row.<\/p>\n

How did you get on today? Here’s 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

Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let\u2019s explore today\u2019s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column right here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

ForbesNYT Connections Answers Explained For Wednesday, April 22 (#1,046)By Kris Holt<\/a><\/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 Thursday\u2019s game if you need them.<\/p>\n

P.S. Here\u2019s a midweek jolt of punk energy for you. I heard “No Cigar” by Millencolin on an Instagram story recently. It instantly took me back to my youth and playing Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 2 as this song was on the soundtrack. I\u2019m very much looking forward to attending Warped Tour this summer:<\/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":10879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[202219,13351,202218,13349,188220,96285,188221,13352,188872,156,13353,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-390979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-connections-1046","9":"tag-connections-answers","10":"tag-connections-april-22","11":"tag-connections-clues","12":"tag-connections-hint","13":"tag-connections-hint-today","14":"tag-connections-nyt","15":"tag-connections-today","16":"tag-connections-wednesday","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\/390979","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=390979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}