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Need the answers to the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brain teaser. You’re given 16 words and you have to sort them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that fit into more than one group. Read on to find out today’s Connections tips and answers.

There’s news in the Connections world too. The Times now has a Connections bot, like the one that’s been available for Wordle for some time. Head there after playing to get a numerical score and have your answers analyzed by the program. And players registered in the Times games section can now track their progress, including the number of puzzles solved, win rate, the number of times they’ve achieved a perfect score, and their winning streak.

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How to play Connections

Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally organize them into groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you won’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Look carefully at the words and think of related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with only part of the word. Once four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”

Read more: Connections Bot gives you a numerical score every day

Notes for today’s Connections groups

Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Note on the yellow group: Betty Crocker Verbs

Note on the green group: Happy heart

Note on the blue group: Church honors

Note on the purple group: No girls, but…

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Verbs in a cake recipe

Green Group: What a heart does when excited

Blue Group: Ecclesiastical titles

Purple Group: ____ boys

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is verbs in a cake recipe. The four answers are baking, whipping, frosting and preheating.

The green words in today’s edition of Connections

The topic is what a heart does when it is excited. The four responses are beating, pumping, racing and pounding.

The blue words in today’s edition of Connections

The topic is ecclesiastical titles. The four answers are bishop, priest, prior and pope.

The purple words in today’s edition of Connections

The theme is ____ boys. The four answers are Bad, Beach, Hardy and Pet Shop.