NYT Connections April 23 2024 Answers
Puzzle #317
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
BOUNCE BIG RED BOOT BLACK SOIL TOSS SPLASH SULLY LAND BALTIC EARTH PHILIPPINE PHILADELPHIA GROUND EJECT
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — THROW OUT
Green — TERRA FIRMA
Blue — SEAS
Purple — TOM HANKS MOVIES
THROW OUTBOOT, BOUNCE, EJECT, TOSS
TERRA FIRMAEARTH, GROUND, LAND, SOIL
SEASBALTIC, BLACK, PHILIPPINE, RED
TOM HANKS MOVIESBIG, PHILADELPHIA, SPLASH, SULLY
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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.