Today's Connections Hints & Answers For April 17, 2025 (Puzzle #676) -

The Connections puzzles for today are more straightforward than you might expect, making them easy to fall for if you overthink anything. As someone who struggles with many of these puzzles, I found this one to be refreshingly simple compared to others that have come before. While this may seem like today’s puzzle isn’t as challenging, it is still tricky to solve without knowing the context of specific words.

Thankfully, today’s puzzle doesn’t feature a ton of words with multiple meanings, albeit with a few exceptions. Like always, you have four chances to make a mistake when pairing words together before losing, so you still have to be careful with your choices. Similar to the best Letter Boxed strategies, finding some rare similarities between phrases will make the rest of the puzzle much easier to figure out.

Today’s Connections Category Hints

April 17 #676

Today's Connections Hints & Answers For April 17, 2025 (Puzzle #676) Categories image

I was able to solve today’s puzzle by recognizing very common relations between different words, especially the ones that normally work together. If you had to create a theme for today’s puzzle, it would be a night at the baseball diamond, as all of its topics relate to the sport of baseball in some way. This is likely because the MLB season for 2025 starts this week, with opening games for multiple teams throughout the week.

With this central theme in mind, here are some other clues that can help you narrow down the categories for each part of the puzzle:

One category is about things tied to certain parts of the human body.
One category is about things you would use to put together a delicious pizza.
One category is about things related to the amount of alcohol you would bring to a party.
One category is about things related to the last names of famous athletes.

Wordle History: Today’s Answer & All Past Words

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If you want to go all out with some of your clue-searching, you should look at the category names to get some extra help. There are also spoilers for each category if you find yourself needing to solve a single category to finish up.

	CENTRAL SECTION OF THE BODY
	COMPONENTS OF A PIZZA
	UNITS OF BEER
	BASEBALL GREATS

Today’s Connections Answers

April 17 #676

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Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

CENTRAL SECTION OF THE BODY
CORE	MIDRIFF	TORSO	TRUNK

CENTRAL SECTION OF THE BODY

CORE

MIDRIFF

TORSO

TRUNK

This part of the puzzle tripped me up slightly, as I assumed SIX-PACK was a word you would associate with TORSO or CORE. While this did lead to my first mistake, I quickly realized that TRUNK and MIDRIFF also described specific areas of your body from your chest to the waist. By repairing those two groups of two words together without the mistaken term, this part of the puzzle wasn’t too difficult.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

COMPONENTS OF A PIZZA
CHEESE	CRUST	SAUCE	TOPPINGS

COMPONENTS OF A PIZZA

CHEESE

CRUST

SAUCE

TOPPINGS

Admittedly, I was hungry when I started this puzzle, so I immediately saw CRUST and CHEESE as part of the pieces that make a great pizza. After that, SAUCE was a natural addition to this group of words, as well as TOPPINGS. While I managed to solve this puzzle very fast, I was even hungrier afterward, so I don’t know whether my intuition was necessarily a success.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

UNITS OF BEER
CASE	FORTY	GROWLER	SIX-PACK

UNITS OF BEER

CASE

FORTY

GROWLER

SIX-PACK

Anyone who has been to a party may be able to tell you about a beer run that was needed to keep things going. In my experience, I’ve been asked to pick up a quick CASE of cheap beer for my friends, or a larger FORTY or GROWLER for a bigger event. However, while these terms may seem obvious together, SIX-PACK could relate to well-toned abs, so don’t get it confused with other terms like TORSO or CORE in this puzzle.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

BASEBALL GREATS
BONDS	MANTLE	TROUT	YOUNG

BASEBALL GREATS

BONDS

MANTLE

TROUT

YOUNG

This section of the puzzle was the most difficult part for me, as I had to separate these terms from all the others. The ease of the other categories made some of these terms stand out, especially YOUNG and BONDS. After dismissing TROUT as a potential pair for another word, I came to realize that BONDS was meant to be Barry Bonds, an infamous baseball player. With a quick recognition of Micky MANTLE, Mike TROUT, and Jacob YOUNG, the solution was clear to see.