If youre looking for the Connections answer for Thursday, April 10, 2025, read onIll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, Ill explain the meanings of the trickier words and well learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for April 10, NYT Connections #669! Read on if you want some hints (and then the answer) to todays Connections game.

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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Credit: Connections/NYT Hints for the themes in todays Connections puzzleHere are some spoiler-free hints for the groupings in todays Connections:

Yellow category - Theyre in the same section of the color wheel.

Green category - Dont worry, we have extra in these types of places.

Blue category - Things Santa wouldnt approve of.

Purple category - Have you been doing your Duolingo?

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!Were about to give away some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled. (The full solution is a bit further down.)

A heads up about the tricky partsIf BAH makes you think of the phrase BAH humbug! youre on the right track.

MINE describes a place from which minerals are harvested, but it can also generally refer to a large STORE of materials.

MAYO and SOY go together, but not because theyre both types of condiments.

What are the categories in todays Connections?Yellow: SHADES OF YELLOW

Green: SUPPLY

Blue: ANTI-SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

Purple: SPANISH WORDS

DOUBLE BEWARE: THE SOLUTION IS BELOWReady to learn the answers to todays Connections puzzle? I give them all away below.

What are the yellow words in todays Connections?The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward. The theme for todays yellow group is SHADES OF YELLOW and the words are: CANARY, GOLD, LEMON, MUSTARD.

What are the green words in todays Connections?The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest. The theme for todays green category is SUPPLY and the words are: MINE, RESERVE, STORE, WELL.

What are the blue words in todays Connections?The blue grouping is the second-hardest. The theme for todays blue category is ANTI-SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS and the words are: BAH, COAL, GRINCH, NAUGHTY.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest. The theme for todays purple category is SPANISH WORDS and the words are: ELLA, GUSTO, MAYO, SOY.

How I solved todays ConnectionsCANARY, COAL, and MINE are linked by a common idiom, but that seems like more of a playful wink, given that theyre all along the top row.

CANARY could instead go with MUSTARD, GOLD, and LEMON as things that are yellow. Lets try that. And its the yellow category! How fitting.

COAL, NAUGHTY, BAH (as in BAH humbug) and GRINCH could all be things associated with Christmas and Christmas-related tales. Yep, and theyre all specifically related to negative aspects of Christmas. Neat!

What do you think so far? Post a comment. WELL, RESERVE, MINE, and STORE could all be words for places where excess inventory is stored, be it water or other resources.

That leaves SOY, MAYO, GUSTO, and ELLA, which are all words in Spanish. SOY means I am MAYO is the month of May; GUSTO refers to liking something (as in me GUSTO mucho), but it can also be used in phrases like mucho GUSTO, which means nice to meet you and ELLA means her.

Connections Puzzle #669 How to play ConnectionsI have a full guide to playing Connections, but heres a refresher on the rules:

First, find the Connections game either on the New York Times website or in their Games app (formerly the Crossword app). Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Often they are all the same type of thing (for example: RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, and SNOW are all types of wet weather) but sometimes there is wordplay involved (for example, BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN, and WISH are all types of lists: bucket list, guest list, and so on).

Select four items and hit the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to try again.

You win when youve correctly identified all four groups. But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

How to win ConnectionsThe most important thing to know to win Connections is that the groupings are designed to be tricky. Expect to see overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle seemed to include six breakfast foods: BACON, EGG, PANCAKE, OMELET, WAFFLE, and CEREAL. But BACON turned out to be part of a group of painters along with CLOSE, MUNCH, and WHISTLER, and EGG was in a group of things that come by the dozen (along with JUROR, ROSE, and MONTH). So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four contains only those four things.

If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to have no connection to the others. If all that comes to mind when you see WHISTLER is the painting nicknamed Whistlers Mother, you might be on to something. When I solved that one, I ended up googling whether there was a painter named Close, because Close didnt fit any of the obvious themes, either.

Another way to win when youre stuck is, obviously, to read a few helpful hintswhich is why we share these pointers every day. Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!