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Spoiler warning: This guide starts with graduated hints for the Sunday, April 27, 2025 NYT Connections puzzle, then reveals the category names and answers below. Stop when you have enough help to keep solving.
Hints for Connections on April 27, 2025
The puzzle, identified by TechRadar as game #686, contains these 16 words: MASSAGE, TIMES, RUFFLE, FISH, PERCENT, SHOCK, MEATBALL, GOLDFISH, COMBO, LOCK, EQUALS, THATCH, CHEF, MINUS, TUFT and TAKI. The hints below move from broad themes toward the exact categories.
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- Yellow: Think of sums and the buttons used to work with them.
- Green: These are different amounts of something you might get cut.
- Blue: Think of savoury bites, including snacks you might find hard to stop eating.
- Purple: These words can follow the name of a cold European country.
Category answers
Reveal: The category names are shown here, followed by their four words.
- Yellow — CALCULATOR BUTTONS: EQUALS, MINUS, PERCENT, TIMES
- Green — AMOUNTS OF HAIR: LOCK, SHOCK, THATCH, TUFT
- Blue — SALTY SNACK UNIT: COMBO, GOLDFISH, RUFFLE, TAKI
- Purple — SWEDISH ____: CHEF, FISH, MASSAGE, MEATBALL
Playing the dated puzzle now
The New York Times says Connections releases at midnight in the player’s timezone and is available on its website and apps. Eligible All Access and Games subscribers can use the Connections archive, which reaches back to June 12, 2023, according to the same Help Center page.
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How the April 27 puzzle is identified
TechRadar and ComicBook.com both identify April 27, 2025 as puzzle #686 and agree on the 16 words and groupings above. A separate archive listing labels that date #712 and supplies different categories, but the official NYT Help Center page confirms archive availability rather than this puzzle’s specific record. The matching answer guides are the basis for the solution here; the official page does not independently settle the puzzle-number discrepancy.
Sources: TechRadar’s April 27, 2025 guide; ComicBook.com’s April 27, 2025 guide; The New York Times Help Center.
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