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It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need.
You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.
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Category Hints
Today’s puzzle is a fun one.
We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.
If you want today’s category hints,click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.
Today’sgreen categoryrelates to fire.
Today’sblue categoryrelates to things used by biologists.
Today’spurple categoryrelates to a letter that comes very late in the alphabet.
Herring Watch:There’s an argument to be made for Magnifying Glass and Microscope to be in the yellow category when used as parts of common phrases (‘under a’), but put this thought out of your head. Additionally, those two clues are in separate categories.