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NYT Connections April 12 2025 Answers

Puzzle #671

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

SIN SEC SUN TAN FLASH BOTS FALL CAME BIT BUCK KEN STRAY NET JIFF ERR SPUR

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
Green — DO WRONG
Blue — N.B.A. PLAYER
Purple — STARTS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES
SHORT PERIOD OF TIMEBIT, FLASH, JIFF, SEC
DO WRONGERR, FALL, SIN, STRAY
N.B.A. PLAYERBUCK, NET, SPUR, SUN
STARTS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIESBOTS, CAME, KEN, TAN
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.