Connections is one of the latest additions to the New York Times’ growing lineup of brain-teasing daily puzzles. Much like Wordle, The Mini Crossword, and Strands, it offers a quick mental workout that blends logic, language, and deduction. In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. The challenge is to organize them into four distinct categories based on hidden connections. Each category contains four related words, and those connections can range from the obvious to the highly abstract.
How NYT Connections Works
Each round starts with a 4×4 grid of words. Your goal is to identify and group them into four categories of four words each. These categories might include things like types of fruit, movie genres, slang terms, or actions related to a common theme. What makes the game tricky is that many words could seem like they belong in multiple groups, but there is only one correct way to divide them.
You are allowed up to four mistakes before the game ends. To improve your odds, you can shuffle the words in the grid to see new potential groupings. Once you correctly identify a group, the words disappear, and their shared category is revealed. The four categories are colour-coded by difficulty: yellow for easiest, then green, blue, and finally purple for the most challenging set.
Hints for Today’s Puzzle
Today’s puzzle might have proven a little more difficult than usual. If you’re stuck, here are the themes to guide you:
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Joke Around With
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Poultry Cuts
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Baby Animals
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Push Through a Crowd
To give you an extra boost, here is one example word from each group:
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KID (Joke Around With)
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BREAST (Poultry Cuts)
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CALF (Baby Animals)
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BARGE (Push Through a Crowd)
Today’s full NYT Connections Answers
Still need help solving the puzzle? Here are the correct groupings for today’s Connections challenge:
Joke Around With
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Kid
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Razz
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Rib
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Tease
Poultry Cuts
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Breast
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Tender
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Thigh
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Wing
Baby Animals
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Calf
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Cub
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Fawn
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Kit
Push Through a Crowd
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Barge
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Jostle
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Muscle
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Shoulder