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 pretty vicious.

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.

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Today’syellow categoryrelates to searching through something.

Today’sgreen categoryrelates to thunderstorms. Not how they look, but how they _____.

Today’sblue categoryrelates to hair, specifically long.

Today’spurple categoryhas four items that all share a physical characteristic. The specific word you’re looking for also means ‘to go away’.

Herring Watch:Tree and Root are not related, and neither are Roll and Bun.

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Today’s Answers

We lost a single life to this puzzle thinking that ‘Roll’ might have been referring to the hair style.

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