NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, April 28 (game #687)

Date:
Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? 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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Sunday, April 27 (game #686) .

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 #687) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are MOUSSE DRAIN BARE TIRE HAIR BORE TIRE MARK EXHAUST PLAIN SPRAY SPARE FIBER WAX SIMPLE FINGERPRINT GEL NYT Connections today (game #687) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: For styling GREEN: Pared back BLUE: Vital evidence PURPLE: Pooped

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 #687) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: HAIR
PRODUCTS GREEN: AUSTERE BLUE: CLUES AT A CRIME SCENE PURPLE: WEARY

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #687) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #687, are YELLOW: HAIR PRODUCTS GEL, MOUSSE, SPRAY, WAX GREEN: AUSTERE BARE, PLAIN, SIMPLE, SPARE BLUE: CLUES AT A CRIME SCENE FIBER, FINGERPRINT, HAIR, TIRE MARK PURPLE: WEARY BORE, DRAIN, EXHAUST, TIRE My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

Im sure I wasnt alone in thinking car parts could be a common thread today, with EXHAUST and TIRE leading my thinking. Instead, it was the other meaning of both those words that made up a group.

Im staggered that I got a purple group so early in the game. Usually its the quartet that baffles me and that I solve last when there are no other alternatives, but today it seemed rather obvious.

CLUES AT A CRIME SCENE was trickier, but thoughts that they were all things that could identify us led me to connect this group.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, April 27, game #686) YELLOW: CALCULATOR BUTTONS EQUALS, MINUS, PERCENT, TIMES GREEN: AMOUNTS OF HAIR LOCK, SHOCK, THATCH,
TUFT BLUE: SALTY SNACK UNIT COMBO, GOLDFISH, RUFFLE, TAKI PURPLE: SWEDISH
____ CHEF, FISH, MASSAGE, MEATBALL 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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