NYT Connections April 9 2025 Answers
Puzzle #668
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
DOG POP BALL SOCK SLUG FROG GLOVE TROT BAT HOUND GLOBE POUND ORB NEWT HOLE SPHERE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
Green — PUNCH
Blue — ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES' BREW IN “MACBETH”
Purple — FOX___
ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTSBALL, GLOBE, ORB, SPHERE
PUNCHPOP, POUND, SLUG, SOCK
ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES' BREW IN “MACBETH”BAT, DOG, FROG, NEWT
FOX___HOLE, HOUND, GLOVE, TROT
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution
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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.