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Puzzle #697

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

PEN CUP JOY WICK CHOP CANDLE OCEAN DICE YARD PENCIL AUTHOR BOND COMPOSE JONES SCORECARD WRITE

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — COMMIT TO PAPER
Green — NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEE
Blue — HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISES
Purple — ___STICK
COMMIT TO PAPERAUTHOR, COMPOSE, PEN, WRITE
NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEECUP, DICE, PENCIL, SCORECARD
HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISESBOND, JONES, OCEAN, WICK
___STICKCANDLE, CHOP, JOY, YARD
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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.