NYT Connections puzzle #661 is the edition dated Wednesday, April 2, 2025—not today’s daily puzzle. For a low-spoiler nudge, the four group hints are “Sudden Desire,” “Category words,” “Last Name Williams,” and “Different Pronunciations.” The complete groups are below the spoiler warning.
Hints for Connections #661
The board has 16 words to sort into four groups of four. These color hints, recorded by WordHint, offer a way to keep solving without seeing the answers right away:
- Yellow: Sudden Desire
- Green: Category words
- Blue: Last Name Williams
- Purple: Different Pronunciations
The words on the April 2 board were FANCY, HANK, HERB, IMPULSE, JOB, KIND, LARK, LIKE, NICE, READING, ROBIN, SORT, TENNESSEE, TYPE, VENUS, and WHIM. [WordHint; ConnectionsHint]
Spoiler warning: full answers
The archived solutions from WordHint and ConnectionsHint give these four groups:
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Yellow: CAPRICE
FANCY, IMPULSE, LARK, WHIM
Green: ILK
KIND, LIKE, SORT, TYPE
Blue: WILLIAMSES
HANK, ROBIN, TENNESSEE, VENUS
Purple: WORDS PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY AS PROPER NOUNS
HERB, JOB, NICE, READING. The archives identify this category and its four words but do not detail the pronunciation contrasts, so no more specific explanation is established here. [WordHint; ConnectionsHint]
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