NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, April 10 (game #669)

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #669) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• NAUGHTY
• CANARY
• COAL
• MINE
• MUSTARD
• SOY
• RESERVE
• MAYO
• GOLD
• GUSTO
• GRINCH
• ELLA
• WELL
• BAH
• LEMON
• STORE

NYT Connections today (game #669) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Mix red and green
• GREEN: Stock 
• BLUE: Yuletide jeers 
• PURPLE: Palabras en español

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #669) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: SHADES OF YELLOW 
• GREEN: SUPPLY 
• BLUE: ANTI-SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS 
• PURPLE: SPANISH WORDS 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #669) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #669, are…

• 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

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• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 mistake

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Having skipped the obvious trickery – CANARY, COAL, MINE – I fell for one of my own making, thinking that SOY, MUSTARD, MAYO, and LEMON would make an excellent salad dressing. It was wrong, of course. Also I’d add a bit of honey if I was going to make it.

Having SHADES OF YELLOW being the yellow group was a cute touch. I can remember them doing the same for green last year (olive, forest, lime and mint) but I don’t think they’ve done blue or purple yet, so I’ll be on the look out for those.

If the group felt familiar it could be because yellow shades cropped up as a theme in Strands a few weeks ago, but there we had goldenrod instead of GOLD.

The SPANISH WORDS seem quite random and I’m wondering if I’m missing something special about ELLA (she), GUSTO (taste), MAYO (May), and SOY (am) – a common sensation with the purple group, which usually travels a mile over my head.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 9 April, game #668)

• YELLOW: ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS BALL, GLOBE, ORB, SPHERE
• GREEN: PUNCH POP, POUND, SLUG, SOCK
• BLUE: ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES' BREW IN "MACBETH" BAT, DOG, FROG, NEWT
• PURPLE: FOX___ GLOVE, HOLE, HOUND, TROT

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What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.