NYT Connections April 28 2025 Answers
Puzzle #687
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
MOUSSE DRAIN BARE TIRE HAIR BORE TIRE MARK EXHAUST PLAIN SPRAY SPARE FIBER WAX SIMPLE FINGERPRINT GEL
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — HAIR PRODUCTS
Green — AUSTERE
Blue — CLUES AT A CRIME SCENE
Purple — WEARY
HAIR PRODUCTSGEL, MOUSSE, SPRAY, WAX
AUSTEREBARE, PLAIN, SIMPLE, SPARE
CLUES AT A CRIME SCENEFIBER, FINGERPRINT, HAIR, TIRE MARK
WEARYBORE, DRAIN, EXHAUST, TIRE
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution
How Connections works
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.