NYT Connections hint (Thu, 16 Apr)
Summary
Looking for some Connections hints to help with today's puzzle on Thursday, 16th April? It's a brand new day, and you know what that means! The NYT is back at it again with another Connections puzzle to test your vocabulary, association skills, and sanity.
If you're running a little low on that last resource, we've got your back. Find subtle hints and full answers here so you can smash another Connections puzzle out of the park and save that streak of yours!
Looking for some Connections hints to help with today's puzzle on Thursday, 16th April? It's a brand new day, and you know what that means! The NYT is back at it again with another Connections puzzle to test your vocabulary, association skills, and sanity.
If you're running a little low on that last resource, we've got your back. Find subtle hints and full answers here so you can smash another Connections puzzle out of the park and save that streak of yours!
How to play Connections
Connections is one of the most popular (and challenging) daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.
For instance, the words "Hook", "Nana", "Peter", and "Wendy" are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, "Action", "Ballpark", "Go", and "Stick" are all words which commonly come just before the word "Figure". These are the kinds of Connections you'll need to make to solve the puzzle.
Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together - but be wary, because a lot of the time there are deceptive red herring connections placed purely to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in each day's Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).
Click here to play today's Connections puzzle!
Connections hint: Today's Connections words
Below you'll find various hints for today's Connections. Each of the below hints will make it progressively easier for you to solve today's puzzle. First we'll reveal the words in today's Connections, followed by our Connections hint for each group. Then we'll reveal one word inside each group, followed by the groups themselves; and finally, at the bottom of this page, we'll reveal the answers to today's Connections puzzle. Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
- BODYSUIT
- AUTO
- BRA
- CAMP
- CLAWS
- COOL
- DAY
- FAN
- HEAT
- MASK
- NEEDLE
- RIB
- RIDE
- ROAST
- WHEELS
- WHIP
Connections hint for Thursday 16th April
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- Yellow hint: Poking fun.
- Green hint: Is it getting a little chilly in here?
- Blue hint: Feline features.
- Purple hint: Famliar pairings.
- Extra hint 1: One set is missing a bit.
- Extra hint 2: Every group except green has at least one word containing the letter 'S'
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- Yellow: Ride
- Green: Cool
- Blue: Claws
- Purple: Wheels
Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!
Connections hints: All of today's Connections groups
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- Yellow: Tease
- Green: Thermostat Settings
- Blue: Features of a Catwoman Costume
- Purple: Training ___
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!
Connections answer today
Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Thursday, 16th April:
- Yellow: Tease (Needle, Rib, Ride, Roast)
- Green: Thermostat Settings (Auto, Cool, Fan, Heat)
- Blue: Features of a Catwoman Costume (Bodysuit, Claws, Mask, Whip)
- Purple: Training ___ (Bra, Camp, Day, Wheels)
I'm not going to lie, today's puzzle really threw me through a loop! I usually get stumped by the purple group, which is typically considered the hardest. But this time, it was the easiest group that had me pulling my hair out! I have simply never heard of the word 'needle' used in the context of teasing someone. Not once! In all my years.
And that's not the only one, either! I've also never heard the word 'rib' used to describe teasing someone. Roast, I was familiar with. But I automatically went to food when I was trying to sort that out! I guess today wasn't my lucky day. Hopefully your experience was smoother thanks to our hints.
Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!