NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, April 17 (game #676)
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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 16 (game #675).
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 #676) - today's words
(Image credit: New York Times)
Today's NYT Connections words are…
CASE
MANTLE
SAUCE
CORE
CRUST
FORTY
TRUNK
TROUT
TORSO
YOUNG
SIX-PACK
CHEESE
TOPPINGS
BONDS
MIDRIFF
GROWLER
NYT Connections today (game #676) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Stomach
GREEN: Grab a slice
BLUE: Draft, can or bottle
PURPLE: Legends of the game
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…
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NYT Connections today (game #676) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: CENTRAL SECTION OF THE BODY
GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A PIZZA
BLUE: UNITS OF BEER
PURPLE: BASEBALL GREATS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #676) - the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Connections, game #676, are…
YELLOW: CENTRAL SECTION OF THE BODY CORE, MIDRIFF, TORSO, TRUNK
GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A PIZZA CHEESE, CRUST, SAUCE, TOPPINGS
BLUE: UNITS OF BEER CASE, FORTY, GROWLER, SIX-PACK
PURPLE: BASEBALL GREATS BONDS, MANTLE, TROUT, YOUNG
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
In the venn diagram of CENTRAL SECTION OF THE BODY and UNITS OF BEER, SIX-PACK sits between the two groups.
This was the only piece of hesitation for me today, in a Connections that combined beer, sport and pizza along with the part of the body that will suffer the most if you eat too much pizza and drink too much beer while watching sport.
There is something about watching athletes at the peak of their fitness perform on TV that triggers us regular mortals to abuse our bodies with food of low nutritional value. It’s odd, but I fall victim to it almost daily.
That said, I have always had a fantasy that I'll watch the entire Tour de France while riding a stationary exercise bike, turning up the resistance on the mountain stages, sprinting for the finish line, surviving on energy gels and isotonic drinks until the end of the race – and then I’d have some beer and pizza!
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 16 April, game #675)
GREEN: MESS UP THE SURFACE OF SCAR, SCORE, SCRAPE, SCRATCH
BLUE: THEY ROAR CROWD, ENGINE, KATY PERRY, LION
PURPLE: LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED MAMBA, MERINGUE, SIMBA, TANGY
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.