Spoiler warning: This guide covers the NYT Connections puzzle for Sunday, April 6, 2025, game #665. Start with the word list and progressively stronger hints, then scroll to the full answers if you want the solution.
Today’s Connections words
The 16 words in Connections #665 were:
TRASH, PIZZA, CABLE, REMOTE, COOL, WATER, HIP, RESISTANCE, CURRENT, SPIKE LEE, DOVETAIL, GAS, RESERVED, VOLTAGE, DISTANT, CHARGE.
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Light hints
- Yellow: Words describing someone standoffish.
- Green: Essential services for a home.
- Blue: Electrical quantities associated with a scientific measuring device.
- Purple: Each word can go with the same five-letter noun.
Stronger hints
- Yellow: Think “aloof” or emotionally detached.
- Green: Think cable, gas, trash collection and water.
- Blue: Think charge, current, resistance and voltage.
- Purple: The shared word is JOINT.
NYT Connections #665 answers
The four completed groups were:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | ALOOF | COOL, DISTANT, REMOTE, RESERVED |
| Green | UTILITIES | CABLE, GAS, TRASH, WATER |
| Blue | WHAT AN ELECTROMETER MEASURES | CHARGE, CURRENT, RESISTANCE, VOLTAGE |
| Purple | ___ JOINT | DOVETAIL, HIP, PIZZA, SPIKE LEE |
Yellow: ALOOF
COOL, DISTANT, REMOTE and RESERVED can all describe a person who is emotionally detached or standoffish. The traps are their other meanings: “cool” can refer to temperature, while “remote” can suggest a device or location.
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Green: UTILITIES
CABLE, GAS, TRASH and WATER are household or municipal utility services. TRASH is easy to overlook because it may initially look like a synonym for junk or garbage rather than a service.
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Blue: WHAT AN ELECTROMETER MEASURES
CHARGE, CURRENT, RESISTANCE and VOLTAGE are electrical quantities. “What an electrometer measures” is the puzzle’s category label; it should not be read as a universal claim about every electrometer configuration.
Purple: ___ JOINT
Each answer forms a phrase with JOINT:
- Dovetail joint: A woodworking joint.
- Hip joint: An anatomical joint.
- Pizza joint: An informal term for a pizza restaurant.
- Spike Lee joint: A phrase associated with one of filmmaker Spike Lee’s films or works.
This was likely the trickiest group because it relies on several different meanings of “joint” rather than one shared subject. HIP can look like a body-part answer, and PIZZA may reveal “pizza joint” without making the other connections obvious.
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How Connections works
NYT Connections presents 16 words that must be divided into four groups of four. Select four words and submit them as a group. The categories are color-coded by difficulty: yellow is generally easiest, followed by green, blue and purple. You can make up to four mistakes before the puzzle ends. The board is designed to include misleading overlaps, so a plausible connection is not always the intended one. The NYT Help Center explains the game’s rules and access options.
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Connections is available on the NYT Games website and in the Games app. The NYT archive includes older puzzles for eligible All Access and Games subscribers, with games dating back to June 12, 2023. Archived play can affect some statistics, but it does not count toward current or maximum streaks. New puzzles release at midnight in the player’s local time zone, so “today’s puzzle” can briefly differ by location around the daily reset.
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- Stand-alone sequel to the original Doctor Esker's Notebook
- Like an escape room packed into a deck of cards
- Original word, letter, number, logic, and geometry puzzles with unique solutions
- Solo or group play, hints available online
For additional confirmation of the April 6, 2025 board and solution, see the reports from TechRadar, Parade and Try Hard Guides.
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