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Today’s Connections puzzle could be tricky. As a journalist, I found the blue category easy, but the others pretty much stumped me. LARPers and D&D fans, the purple category is calling out to you. 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.
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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: Work for.
Green group hint: You’re looking at one.
Blue group hint: Like Sports Illustrated.
Purple group hint: Ye olde fighting materials.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Employ.
Green group: Parts of a website
Blue group: Magazines.
Purple group: Ending with medieval weapons.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 5, 2025, #664.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is employ. The four answers are contract, engage, retain and sign.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a website. The four answers are banner, header, menu and sidebar.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is magazines. The four answers are Billboard, People, Star and Time.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ending with medieval weapons. The four answers are crossword, grimace, rainbow and semblance. (Sword, mace, bow and lance.)
