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Today’s Connections puzzle has some fun words—including flavors for a sweet treat, and traditional tunes. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, 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, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
Hints for today’s Connections groups
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.
Yellow group hint: Pop a bubble.
Green group hint: Not the end.
Blue group hint: Sing along.
Purple group hint: Long, hollow cylinder.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Gum flavors.
Green group: Starting point.
Blue group: Great American songbook songs.
Purple group: ____ tube.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is gum flavors. The four answers are bubblegum, cinnamon, menthol and wintergreen.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is starting point. The four answers are catalyst, launchpad, spark and springboard.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Great American songbook songs. The four answers are Autumn Leaves, Summertime, Unforgettable and Witchcraft.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ tube. The four answers are Fallopian, inner, test and vacuum.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included «things you can set,» such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included «one in a dozen,» such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included «streets on screen,» such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included «power ___» such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included «things that can run,» such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
