Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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ForbesNYT ‘Connections’ Hints Today: Clues, Answers For Wednesday, April 23By Kris HoltHappy Thursday, Connectors! I hope you’re having a great week so far.
I noticed something the other day that amused me. The other day, when I woke up, I called my early-riser partner on speakerphone, as usual. For some reason I can’t really explain, while we were talking, I opened the Compass app on my phone.
As it turns out, my bed faces exactly north. Not Montreal north, which is based on the island’s orientation. Actual north. This is entirely inconsequential, I’m sure, but I couldn’t help but take it as a sign as I’m heading in the right direction in life. I’m probably reading too much into that, but it felt weirdly reassuring.
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It’s also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare(!) occasions that I mess something up since I don’t look at the comments or Twitter much.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, April 24, are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.
You’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication’s Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.
Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are…
- CORNFIELD
- ICEBERG
- BUTTER
- MILK
- BABY POWDER
- SCARECROW
- PITCHERS
- POLAR BEAR
- PENGUIN
- LEAF
- MUSICIANS
- BANE
- WALLS
- SNOW
- JOKER
- ROMAINE
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
- Yellow group — like a traditional wedding dress
- Green group — salad staples
- Blue group — poison ivy and two-face would fit in here
- Purple group — they might have had something worth lending Mark Antony if they were in Julius Caesar
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s Connections groups are…
- Yellow group — things that are white
- Green group — kinds of lettuce
- Blue group — Batman villains
- Purple group — they have literal/idiomatic ears
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — things that are white (BABY POWDER, MILK, POLAR BEAR, SNOW)
- Green group — kinds of lettuce (BUTTER, ICEBERG, LEAF, ROMAINE)
- Blue group — Batman villains (BANE, JOKER, PENGUIN, SCARECROW)
- Purple group — they have literal/idiomatic ears (CORNFIELD, MUSICIANS, PITCHERS, WALLS)
Another perfect game for me, and that’s 58 wins in a row. Here’s how I fared:
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Not to brag, but ICEBERG made me instantly think of types of lettuce, and I got the greens right out of the gate. The blues were completely obvious to me as well.
It took me a few minutes to get the yellows. After I drew a link between BABY POWDER and SNOW, the other two fell into place.
I thought that CORNFIELD and PITCHERS might be references to Field of Dreams, a movie I haven’t actually see. Needless, to say, I didn’t figure out the connection here.
A CORNFIELD has ears of corn. If a MUSICIAN plays by ear, that means they can hear a piece of music and figure out how to perform it.
PITCHERS was an odd one for me. As best I can tell, it’s a reference to the idiom “little pitchers have big ears,” apparently said from one adult to another as a reminder to be careful about what they’re saying while in the presence of small children. Similarly, “WALLS have ears” is used as a warning to watch what you’re saying, as others may be listening.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Friday’s game if you need them.
P.S. The walls might have ears, but that expression reminded me of The Hills Have Eyes. I’ve only ever seen the 2006 remake of Wes Craven’s original. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched it, but I remember it as a nasty, effective horror movie, if you’re into that kind of thing:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love!
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