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Connections puzzle #680 was published on Monday, April 21, 2025. Its four groups connect nutrition-label information, unexpected events, spreadsheet terms, and helical things. Try the hints and word bank below before opening the spoiler section for the complete answers.
Hints for Connections #680
These clues move from broad to more revealing. Stop when you have enough to solve the board.
- Information you can find on the side of food boxes and drink bottles.
- Related to a sudden “surprise,” usually something bad.
- The words in this category are associated with a popular software program.
- Each of these words has a spiral or twisted shape.
Word bank
Here are the 16 words from the April 21 board, in a shuffled order:
CELL, IRON, TWIST, SHEET, SPRING, WRENCH, PROTEIN, CORKSCREW, DNA, CURVEBALL, COLUMN, SODIUM, BOMBSHELL, ROW, FAT, FUSILLI
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Spoilers: the answers for April 21, 2025
Stop here if you are still solving. The full groups for puzzle #680 are:
Yellow: Information on a nutritional label
FAT, IRON, PROTEIN, SODIUM. These are nutrients or nutrition information commonly listed on packaged-food labels.
Green: Metaphors for something unexpected
BOMBSHELL, CURVEBALL, TWIST, WRENCH. Each can describe a surprising or disruptive development.
Blue: Things you can insert into a spreadsheet
CELL, COLUMN, ROW, SHEET. These are familiar spreadsheet elements.
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CORKSCREW, DNA, FUSILLI, SPRING. Each has a spiral or helical form.
How the clues point to the groups
The food-package clue singles out label information; the surprise clue points to figurative expressions for unexpected developments. The software clue narrows the board to spreadsheet vocabulary, while the spiral-and-twist clue leads to the helical group.
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The board and answer groups are corroborated by Parade’s dated guide and YourDictionary’s archive entry for April 21, 2025. Both are secondary answer references; an official New York Times archive page was not verified.
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