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 is made all the more difficult by being a confusing wall of only three-letter words.

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 perfect for gossips and smalltalkers.

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Today’sgreen categoryconcerns a certain type of animal, often in the context of farming and husbandry.

Today’sblue categoryhas words that don’t care which way you look at them.

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Today’spurple categoryis pretty cruel. There’s an astronomical theme here.

Herring Watch:Not much in the way of red herrings here - the difficulty is derived from the uniformity of the clues.

Today’s Answers

Today’s puzzle is pretty difficult, with one of the hardest (read: most awful) purple categories in recent history.