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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.
If you’re here by mistake and instead need the answers forOctober 6,click here.
Category Hints
Today’s puzzle is the hardest it’s been for a while.
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 categoryhas terms for someone a bit daft, a bit silly.
Today’sgreen categoryrelates to motors.
Today’sblue categoryrelates to comedy and jokes.
Today’spurple categoryrelates to famous animals that are close to human, but not quite.
Herring Watch:The difficulty today stems from nonsense, not red herrings. The clues might all seem similar, but the categories are more specific than ‘Repeated Sounds’ and ‘Words Beginning With Y’ so think carefully before guessing.
