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 satisfyingly difficult.

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 categoryis about animals, but beware the animals that don’t fit the certain criteria.

Today’sblue categoryhas things you might be sick of or enthusiastic about when attending a dinner party.

Today’spurple categoryhas items that all (may) share a particular component.

Herring Watch:The many long words can trip you up here, but this puzzle is more about knowledge than tripping you up.

Today’s Answers

We found today’s puzzle to be thrilling, in a way. We finished with two lives to spare, but we reckon we got lucky.

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