It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need.

You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.

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Category Hints

Today’s puzzle has a lot of very odd clues. Whether this makes this puzzle easier or harder is kinda up to luck.

We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.

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If you want today’s category hints,click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.

Today’syellow categoryis related to fashion and the construction of garments.

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Today’sgreen categoryconcerns making perishables more unperishable.

Today’sblue categoryconcerns how you’d describe something that elicits a strong reaction.

Today’spurple categoryhas connotations of animals, wings and feathers, and missing letters.

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Herring Watch:Rather than derive difficulty from red herrings, today’s puzzle is derived from rare and nonsense words.