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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 22 (game #681).

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #682) – today’s words

NYT Connections hints for game 682 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

  • BEAN
  • GAG
  • TRUNK
  • MUZZLE
  • TAIL
  • MAY
  • ACT
  • PAW
  • TAD
  • BIT
  • ROOT
  • SKETCH
  • BRANCH
  • FLAG
  • FUR
  • LEAF

NYT Connections today (game #682) – hint #1 – group hints

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: In the woods
  • GREEN: Cats and dogs
  • BLUE: Stand up
  • PURPLE: Add a word that rhyme with “coal”

Need more clues?

We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #682) – hint #2 – group answers

What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: PARTS OF A TREE 
  • GREEN: CANINE/FELINE FEATURES 
  • BLUE: COMEDIC ROUTINE 
  • PURPLE: ____ POLE 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #682) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 682 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections, game #682, are…

  • YELLOW: PARTS OF A TREE BRANCH, LEAF, ROOT, TRUNK
  • GREEN: CANINE/FELINE FEATURES FUR, MUZZLE, PAW, TAIL
  • BLUE: COMEDIC ROUTINE ACT, BIT, GAG, SKETCH
  • PURPLE: ____ POLE BEAN, FLAG, MAY, TAD

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

A fairly straightforward Connections day without any trickery or words that can go in several groups.

My only detour was thinking that there could be a common thread about mouth coverings, but it didn’t get much further than GAG and MUZZLE.

I got today’s puzzle in order of difficulty, which always gives me a sense of harmony and that everything is working just the way it should do. On the rare occasions I’ve got the hardest/purple group first it feels as if it is a random fluke (usually it is). 

COMEDIC ROUTINE was missing the one element of a stand-up performance that has become a major part of comedian’s going viral on social media – responding to hecklers. That said, dealing with abusive audience members has become so commonplace it probably qualifies as a BIT.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.


Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, April 22, game #681)

  • YELLOW: CANCEL, AS A PROJECT AXE, CUT, DROP, SCRAP
  • GREEN: SEEN IN A POTTERY STUDIO CLAY, GLAZE, KILN, WHEEL
  • BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE SLIPPERY BANANA PEEL, EEL, GREASE, ICE
  • PURPLE: NATURAL PRODUCERS OF HEAT FIRE, LIGHTNING, SUN, VOLCANO

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

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