Spoilers ahead: This is the solution to NYT Connections puzzle #688, dated Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Start with the progressive hints below if you want to solve the grid yourself; the full groups follow.
Hints for Connections #688
- Yellow: Four mixtures you might use while cooking.
- Green: Four items you could see on a dinner-party table.
- Blue: Four things a person can climb.
- Purple: Four meanings or referents of the word “diamond.”
Connections #688 answers for April 29
The 16 words in the grid were BATTER, CANDLESTICK, GEMSTONE, LADDER, MOUNTAIN, PASTE, PITCHER, PLATE, ROPE, SUIT, TREE, INFIELD, MIXTURE, DOUGH, PLACEMAT, and RHOMBUS.
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| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | COOKING CONCOCTIONS | BATTER, DOUGH, MIXTURE, PASTE |
| Green | SEEN ON A TABLE AT A DINNER PARTY | CANDLESTICK, PITCHER, PLACEMAT, PLATE |
| Blue | THINGS TO CLIMB | LADDER, MOUNTAIN, ROPE, TREE |
| Purple | WHAT “DIAMOND” CAN REFER TO | GEMSTONE, INFIELD, RHOMBUS, SUIT |
How the trickiest group fits together
The purple group uses different senses of “diamond”: a gemstone, a baseball infield, a rhombus shape, and a suit in a deck of cards. The green group includes PITCHER and PLATE, which can also suggest baseball; however, the reported solution places them with CANDLESTICK and PLACEMAT as dinner-party table items. TechRadar’s guide author mentioned considering a baseball-themed grouping before ruling it out; that is the author’s solving reaction, not an official explanation of the puzzle’s design.
Which date is correct?
The game is dated Tuesday, April 29, 2025. TechRadar’s answer guide appeared on April 28 but labels the puzzle as April 29, #688; Try Hard Guides and Parade also identify April 29, 2025 as the puzzle date.
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