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NYT Connections Hints and Answers Today – April 17 2024

Originally posted on ClutchPoints | By XC Enriquez | Last updated 4/17/24

Connections on the New York Times has been a regular thing for many – maybe you, too! Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections on April 17, 2024.

NYT Connections Hints – April 17, 2024

If you’re looking for the NYT Connections Hints and Answers for April 16, 2024, find that here.

Connections categories are color-coded by category: yellow, green, blue, and purple, increasing in complexity and trickiness. Here are hints for today’s NYT Connections on April 17, 2024 to save some of your attempts.

Red Herring Warning: There aren’t many red herrings in today’s Connections puzzle, but there are a lot of words that have multiple meanings.

Yellow Category: All words in the Yellow Category refer to the same thing: a part of a building or large structure.

Green Category: The words in this category are all things one may do when seeing a traffic sign, or when a superior tells them what to do.

Blue Category: The words in today’s Blue Category all refer to actions that would be performed by a businessman.

Purple Category: Today’s Purple Category is relatively easy again! The words in this category are all used in a particularly stealthy, and exciting, line of work.

NYT Connections Answers Today – April 17, 2024

Yellow Category: Upright Support

Column, Pillar, Pole, Post

Green Category: Heed, As Rules

Follow, Mind, Observe, Regard

Blue Category: Allotment

Interest, Percentage, Share, Stake

Purple Category: Gathered By Spies

Dirt, Information, Intelligence, Secrets

The New York Times Connections is a micro-game available on the New York Times. It resets at midnight every day, with a new set of words. Each puzzle only has one solution, and sometimes red herrings may be put to make it a little challenging. Upon solving a category, the color would be revealed, denoting its difficulty.

Connections is the NY Times’ many microgames, which also includes what is arguably the most popular one: Wordle. Other games on the site include The Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Tiles, Letter Boxes, Sudoku, and Vertex, all of which refresh daily.

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