NYT Connections game #675 is the Wednesday, April 16, 2025 puzzle. The four groups are about burlesque clothing, ways to damage a surface, things that roar, and Latin dances with one vowel changed. Use the hints below before opening the full spoiler solution.
Hints for Connections #675
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared connection. The groups are color-coded by difficulty, and TechRadar reports that players can make up to four mistakes. The puzzle is playable on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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- Yellow: Cabaret attire.
- Green: Ways to deface a surface.
- Blue: Different things that make a roaring sound.
- Purple: Latin dances, each with a vowel changed.
Category labels
- Yellow: BURLESQUE WEAR
- Green: MESS UP THE SURFACE OF
- Blue: THEY ROAR
- Purple: LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED
Spoiler warning: full answers below
The following list gives all 16 words in their published groups.
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1Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems2Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute3Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| BURLESQUE WEAR | BOA, CORSET, GARTER, STOCKINGS |
| MESS UP THE SURFACE OF | SCAR, SCORE, SCRAPE, SCRATCH |
| THEY ROAR | CROWD, ENGINE, KATY PERRY, LION |
| LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED | MAMBA, MERINGUE, SIMBA, TANGY |
Why the groups fit
Burlesque wear
A boa, corset, garter, and stockings are clothing or accessories associated with burlesque performance.
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Mess up the surface of
To scar, score, scrape, or scratch is to mark or damage a surface.
They roar
The grouping pairs a crowd, an engine, Katy Perry, and a lion. It is a sound-based category, not a set of synonyms: the published label is “THEY ROAR.”
Latin dances with a vowel changed
The purple group plays on dance names: MAMBA, MERINGUE, SIMBA, and TANGY are the puzzle’s altered-word answers.
Sources and date
TechRadar’s guide, published April 15, 2025, and ComicBook.com’s guide, published April 16, 2025, independently identify this as the Wednesday, April 16, 2025 puzzle and report the same game number, word set, category labels, and answers. These are secondary answer guides; an official NYT archive page was not verified.
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