Today's Connections Hints & Answers For April 09, 2025 (Puzzle #668) -

If you are struggling to finish off today’s Connections puzzle, you can get some hints and tricks to get to the end of it. This was an interesting puzzle, particularly with the two middle categories. I didn’t necessarily find it to be easier or harder, but I did find it different from a lot of other Connections puzzles. I was able to get some hints for you from my own solution to the puzzle, and they are ready and waiting for you down below.

If you want to try a different type of word puzzle, but the daily Wordle puzzle is one of the better ones. It is fun and usually a little easier than Connections, at least for someone who is quite good at spelling when I stop to think about it. I spent a lot of time learning the complex and very superfluous rules for English spelling, and it’s helpful when I am trying to guess what the word is in each daily puzzle.

Today’s Connections Category Hints

APRIL 09 #668

If you are looking for some hints that will help you finish this puzzle, you are in the right place. There are a large number of possibilities for what could happen in a given puzzle, and I found today’s puzzle particularly interesting. There are a surprising number of words that are all quite similar, and I was able to get to the end of it without too much trouble. Here are the hints I came up with:

One category is about things that share a similar shape
One category is about four actions that all have the same connotation
One category is about four things that have a direct reference to a play
One category is about four words that come after a different word in a phrase – that word is an animal that is occasionally friendly

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If you are still looking for some clues, all of the category names are listed down below. There are also a fair number of words that could be mistaken as going in other categories, so if you need a boost where that is concerned, you can look at the spoilers further down.

	ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
	PUNCH
	ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES’ BREW IN “MACBETH”
	FOX___

Today’s Connections Answers

APRIL 09 #668

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
BALL	GLOBE	ORB	SPHERE

ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS

BALL

GLOBE

ORB

SPHERE

I did get this one first, and this one felt more obvious than the rest of the categories. ORB and GLOBE gave the game away, and BALL and SPHERE were the last two that got added in. I was a little worried as I felt like I remembered GLOBE being used in a puzzle not too long ago, which I am not sure is true or not. But in the end, I was able to get this one without too much trouble and just a little bit of consternation.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

PUNCH
POP	POUND	SLUG	SOCK

PUNCH

POP

POUND

SLUG

SOCK

This was where things started to get spicy for me, as I was trying to get this one at the very end of the puzzle. SLUG looks a lot like it should go with the animals and such in the next category, while POUND could go with HOUND, and the other words are a little unrelated at first glance. However, once I realized that SOCK was another word for a punch, I was able to put the category together right at the end of solving the puzzle.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES’ BREW IN “MACBETH”
BAT	DOG	FROG	NEWT

ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES’ BREW IN “MACBETH”

BAT

DOG

FROG

NEWT

This one looks like a category full of animals, which is perhaps what makes it easier than the category name would make it sound. The big potential stumbling block here would be SLUG, which makes it a little harder, particularly since I would put SLUG with FROG and NEWT faster than I would put DOG or BAT. Luckily, I happened to solve the purple category quite early, which allowed me to save the Shakespearean category for last.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

FOX___
GLOVE	HOLE	HOUND	TROT

FOX___

GLOVE

HOLE

HOUND

TROT

I actually got this category second today, which was a surprising turn of events, but I saw HOUND and TROT and thought about a foxhound. After that, I remembered what foxglove was, and I was able to figure out the rest. HOLE was the only word left I had associated with a “fox” before, as none of the other animal words made sense, and I couldn’t remember any other words that came after fox.

Other Games Like Connections

If you are looking to finish off your day with another puzzle, you can check out one of the games in the box below.

Game Name	How To Play	Is It Free To Play?
Wordle (NYT)	Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list.	Yes
Hello Wordl	Very similar to Wordle, where players change the number of letters in the word.	Yes
The Password Game	Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide.	Yes
Worldle	Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints.	Yes