NYT Connections Answers Today (April 7): Today's Puzzle Giving You Nightmares? Find Solutions Here

What makes Connections so addictive? It’s the careful balance of logic, language, and the occasional curveball.

The Connections puzzle tasks players with sorting 16 seemingly unrelated words into four cohesive groups.

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NYT Connections Answers: Struggling to crack today’s Connections puzzle from The New York Times? You’re not alone. Puzzle #665, which dropped on Monday, April 7, offered a blend of mild trickery and subtle connections that had even the most seasoned solvers second-guessing their every move.

If you're one of those aiming to maintain a perfect streak or just hoping to avoid another frustrating round of “what even connects Locker and Print?”, read on. We’ve broken down the puzzle, explained the logic, and yes — offered just enough spoiler-free help for you to have that “aha!” moment without giving the whole game away upfront.

Why Connections Keeps Us Hooked

What makes Connections so addictive? It’s the careful balance of logic, language, and the occasional curveball. Much like Wordle before it, this NYT puzzle taps into the joy of pattern recognition, with just enough chaos thrown in.

Each daily grid includes four levels of difficulty, marked by color: Yellow (easiest), Green, Blue, and Purple (hardest). But as today’s puzzle proves, difficulty isn’t always linear. Some of the “easier” sets had players spiraling while others breezed through the supposed “hard” ones.

Hints That Beat the Clock

The Connections puzzle tasks players with sorting 16 seemingly unrelated words into four cohesive groups. But as any regular knows, these puzzles come packed with sneaky red herrings meant to trip you up. The word Level, for instance, could point to difficulty or terrain — but today, it leans more toward your toolbox.

Today’s clues were designed to jog your intuition:

• Yellow: Think vibrations and energy.
• Green: Look to the lay of the land.
• Blue: Tools you might grab when hanging up artwork.
• Purple: All of these fit after the word “foot.”

For those needing a nudge in the right direction, one word from each category was revealed:

• Yellow: Beat
• Green: Cape
• Blue: Level
• Purple: Print

Still stumped? No shame — this one had plenty of bait and misdirection.

A Puzzle of Landforms and Limbs

Let’s get into the solution. The most straightforward category may have been Green, grouping together natural formations:

Landforms: Cape, Crater, Gorge, Ridge

Meanwhile, the Yellow set focused on words that evoke a sense of rhythmic pulsing or vibration:

Throb: Beat, Pound, Pulse, Thump

The Blue category threw many off, especially with items like Level and Nail, which could be placed in multiple groups. But context is everything:

Picture Hanging Needs: Hammer, Hanger, Level, Nail

Finally, the trickiest set may have been the Purple group, which revolved around the word “foot” — as in parts of or associated with it:

Foot___: Ball, Hills, Locker, Print

Whether you nailed today’s Connections or needed a few mistakes before the game revealed the answers, it’s all part of the fun. And tomorrow? It starts all over again.