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NYT Connections game #668 is the puzzle for Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Use the hints below to work through its four groups; the full word groupings are behind a spoiler warning. This is a dated puzzle, not the current daily game.
Hints for Connections game #668
Start with the broad clues, then reveal each more specific hint only if you need it.
- Round stuff
- Hit
- Featured in the Scottish play
- Precede with an animal that sounds like “knocks”
More explicit category clues
- Yellow: round three-dimensional objects
- Green: ways to punch
- Blue: animals in the witches’ brew in Macbeth
- Purple: words that complete FOX___
Spoiler warning: full answers
The answer key below gives away all four groups.
Yellow — round three-dimensional objects
BALL, GLOBE, ORB, SPHERE
Green — punch
POP, POUND, SLUG, SOCK
Blue — animals in the witches’ brew in Macbeth
BAT, DOG, FROG, NEWT
Purple — FOX___
GLOVE, HOLE, HOUND, TROT
Where to play
TechRadar’s April 8, 2025 guide described Connections as playable free through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile, with a new puzzle appearing at midnight in each time zone. Service details may change; this describes the access information published with that guide. Read TechRadar’s original game #668 guide.
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