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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 some very fun categories to suss out.
We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.
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 categoryrefers to, for example, how you’d always want to keep your home. Free of dirt, clutter, etcetera.
Today’sgreen categoryis REALLY obvious when you line up all the answers. EXTREMELY so.

Today’sblue categoryrefers to the act of growing. Much of the answers deal in metaphor.
Today’spurple categoryhas items you’d associate with the image of Victorian children playing.

Herring Watch:There are two similar-in-intent categories here but the answers themselves are very different.
Today’s Answers
Today’s puzzle is a fun one. It took us a few minutes to puzzle out, though we didn’t lose any lives.