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.
Puzzle Overview
In Connections, players examine a grid of 16 words and arrange them into four distinct groups of four related terms. The puzzle requires careful categorization since many words can fit into multiple categories.
The Times 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 nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Review the hints and categorized answers below for today's puzzle.
Group Hints
Here are four conceptual hints for today's puzzle groupings, ordered from the standard yellow group to the challenging purple category.
Yellow group hint: Think money.
Green group hint: Not toes.
Blue group hint: Not out of the ordinary.
Purple group hint: Amazon’s fast-shipping option.
Solutions Breakdown
Yellow group category: Finance.
Green group category: Fingers.
Blue group category: Customary.
Purple group category: Prime ____.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme for the yellow group is finance.
The four answers are back, bankroll, fund, and support.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme for the green group is fingers.
The four answers are index, little, middle, and ring.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme for the blue group is customary.
The four answers are common, routine, standard, and stock.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme for the purple group is prime ____.
The four answers are number, real estate, rib, and time.
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.
No. 5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
No. 4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
No. 3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
No. 2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
No. 1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
