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Today’s puzzle in the New York Times Connections game offers four categories to identify. If you’re trying to keep your winning streak intact and just need a hint for one last category, here’s some guidance.
All the clues are organized from easiest to hardest: Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.
If you’d like to see some helpful hints without revealing the exact answers, click below for non-spoiler nudge hints:
- Yellow Category: Relates to different types of musical instruments, like brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds.
- Green Category: Connects to a famous quote by Muhammad Ali that mentions words like bee, butterfly, float, and sting.
- Blue Category: Involves various types of contests, such as beauty, talent, popularity, and staring competitions.
- Purple Category: Consists of words that have small-sounding endings, like doggy, droplet, kitchenette, and starling.
Here’s a quick recap of today’s solutions:
- Yellow: Types of musical instruments
- Green: Words from a Muhammad Ali quote
- Blue: Types of contests
- Purple: Words ending with diminutive suffixes
If you used these hints or want to check your answers, scroll down for the complete solutions:
- Yellow: Brass, Percussion, String, Wind
- Green: Bee, Butterfly, Float, Sting
- Blue: Beauty, Popularity, Staring, Talent
- Purple: Doggy, Droplet, Kitchenette, Starling
How did you do? Would love to hear your progress in the comments!





