Need a nudge on the Thursday, April 10, 2025 NYT Connections puzzle? Start with the spoiler-light hints below, then open the answer key when you’re ready. This is game #669; local date labels can vary because the puzzle releases at midnight in each player’s timezone.
Hints for Connections #669
There are 16 words to sort into four groups of four. The hints below follow the puzzle’s category order, from the easiest group to the trickiest, without giving away the complete sets.
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- Mix red and green.
- Stock.
- Yuletide jeers.
- Palabras en español.
Connections #669 word grid
NAUGHTY · CANARY · COAL · MINE · MUSTARD · SOY · RESERVE · MAYO · GOLD · GUSTO · GRINCH · ELLA · WELL · BAH · LEMON · STORE
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Spoilers: the April 10 answers
Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself. The complete groups are below.
- Yellow — SHADES OF YELLOW: CANARY, GOLD, LEMON, MUSTARD.
- Green — SUPPLY: MINE, RESERVE, STORE, WELL.
- Blue — ANTI-SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS: BAH, COAL, GRINCH, NAUGHTY.
- Purple — SPANISH WORDS: ELLA, GUSTO, MAYO, SOY.
Why the grid can mislead
CANARY, COAL, and MINE evoke the phrase “canary in a coal mine,” but they belong to separate answer groups. Likewise, SOY, MUSTARD, MAYO, and LEMON may look like a condiment set; only SOY and MAYO belong together here, in the Spanish-words group.
The Spanish entries are ELLA (she), GUSTO (taste or pleasure), MAYO (May), and SOY (I am). Their shared category is vocabulary, not a single English-language theme.
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How Connections works
Connections presents 16 words and asks players to find four sets of four linked by a theme. The New York Times Help Center says the color order is Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, from easiest to trickiest; editors curate words and categories using the Oxford Dictionary. Each puzzle has one solution even when words seem to fit more than one possible grouping. Play is available through NYTimes.com and the NYT Games app, among other NYT platforms. NYT Help Center: Connections.
Can you replay this puzzle?
The NYT Connections archive is available to All Access and Games subscribers and reaches back to June 12, 2023. Archived play counts toward puzzle completion and win statistics, but not streaks; a completed archived puzzle cannot be replayed. The archive is the official option if you want to revisit game #669. NYT Help Center: Connections.
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