NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 9 (game #668)

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 #668) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• DOG
• POP
• BALL
• SOCK
• SLUG
• FROG
• GLOVE
• TROT
• BAT
• HOUND
• GLOBE
• POUND
• ORB
• NEWT
• HOLE
• SPHERE

NYT Connections today (game #668) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Round stuff 
• GREEN: Hit
• BLUE: Featured in the Scottish play 
• PURPLE: Precede with an animal that sounds like “knocks”

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 #668) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS 
• GREEN: PUNCH
• BLUE: ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES' BREW IN "MACBETH" 
• PURPLE: FOX___

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

NYT Connections today (game #668) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #668, are…

• 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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• My rating: Hard
• My score: 2 mistakes

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Thank goodness I got the purple group today, as there is no way I would have ever got ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES’ BREW IN “MACBETH” despite all four ingredients being typically witchy.

Before all that, though, I made two mistakes trying to get the easiest quartets – thinking BALL, BAT, GLOVE and SOCK belonged together as vital components of baseball.

In hindsight, this was a bit silly, so I switched lanes and got a “one away” including bat in the group that would become PUNCH.

My muddling through was completed by getting the four words for FOX___ without actually having a clue what the link was until the reveal. Roll on tomorrow.

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

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 8 April, game #667)

• YELLOW: PRICK JAB, PIERCE, POKE, STICK
• GREEN: RADIO LINGO COPY, NEGATIVE, OVER, ROGER
• BLUE: OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS DANIEL, JOB, JUDGES, NUMBERS
• PURPLE: WORDS PRONOUNCED "SH" WITHOUT AN "SH" SEAN, SIOBHAN, SUGAR, SURE

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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.