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 tough categories to figure 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.

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Today’syellow categorywill put you in mind of criminals and how you’d describe them.

Today’sgreen categorydescribes actions taken to start conversations, often digitally.

Today’sblue categoryis officially related to art, but we thought it was ‘things you’d put on a dining table’ - with one odd exception.

Today’spurple categoryhas words that can all follow the name of a basic alcoholic beverage.

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Herring Watch:Applications and baseball are not categories.

Today’s Answers

We actually failed today’s puzzle - the green category got us bad.

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