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Looking for the most recent NYT Connections puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n
In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to each other. You do this four times until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that Times associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu<\/a> chooses words that could fit in multiple groups. The obvious guess \u2014 hey! Those are four animals! \u2014 is almost always going to be wrong. I\u2019ve compiled my favorite tips for Connections<\/a> if you need a boost.<\/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 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 Today\u2019s NYT Connections puzzle has an entertaining purple category, and it wasn\u2019t too difficult (for a change). Read on for hints and today\u2019s Connections answers.<\/p>\n Hints for today\u2019s Connections groups<\/p>\n Here are four hints for the groupings in today\u2019s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n Yellow group hint:\u00a0Scope is one.<\/p>\n Green group hint:\u00a0Looking sharp.<\/p>\n Blue group hint:\u00a0Think trees.<\/p>\n Purple group hint: Not hot.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0We Need to Talk About That Doggone Connections Puzzle<\/a><\/p>\n Answers for today\u2019s Connections groups<\/p>\n Yellow group:\u00a0Breath fresheners.<\/p>\n Green group:\u00a0Things done to a dress shirt at the laundry.<\/p>\n Blue group:\u00a0Features of wood.<\/p>\n Purple group: \u201cCool\u201d things, in expressions.<\/p>\n What are today\u2019s Connections answers?<\/p>\n The yellow words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is breath fresheners.<\/p>\n The four answers are gum, mint, mouthwash and spray.<\/p>\n The green words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is things done to a dress shirt at the laundry.<\/p>\n The four answers are fold, press, starch and wash.<\/p>\n The blue words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is features of wood.<\/p>\n The four answers are burl, grain, knots and rings.<\/p>\n The purple words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n The theme is \u201ccool\u201d things, in expressions.<\/p>\n The four answers are beans, cat, cucumber and customer.<\/p>\n Toughest Connections puzzles<\/p>\n We\u2019ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles<\/a>\u200b so far. Maybe they\u2019ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.<\/p>\n #5: Included \u201cthings you can set,\u201d such as mood, record, table and volleyball.<\/p>\n #4: Included \u201cone in a dozen,\u201d such as egg, juror, month and rose.<\/p>\n #3: Included \u201cstreets on screen,\u201d such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.<\/p>\n #2: Included \u201cpower ___\u201d such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.<\/p>\n #1: Included \u201cthings that can run,\u201d such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sept26Connections2026.png\")
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