This is the second day I am having an amazing streak of luck with NYT Connections. If you wish to share in the glory then keep reading. With that, let’s begin breaking down all the hints, categories, and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for April 17.
Hint for Today’s Connections Themes
Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.
- Yellow Category – Things that stand straight
- Green Category – Some things you must follow
- Blue Category – Things investors do to companies
- Purple Category – I love spy movies, do you?
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. They are all related to the categories for the puzzle, so think hard before you scroll down below to see the exact category names. We also think you don’t need an additional hint for today. However, if you still can’t find them and need more help, maybe these tricks to solve NYT Connections will help.
Spoiler Warning #1
While this section included hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only proceed if ready.
Today’s Connections Category Names
If you still can’t figure out the NYT Connections category names, then keep reading for more help.
- Yellow – UPRIGHT SUPPORT
- Green – HEED, AS RULES
- Blue – ALLOTMENT
- Purple – GATHERED BY SPIES
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Spoiler Warning #2
The next section includes the answer for today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to solve it yourself.
Connections Answer for April 17
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- UPRIGHT SUPPORT – Column, Pillar, Pole, Post
- HEED, AS RULES – Follow, Mind, Observe, Regard
- ALLOTMENT – Interest, Percentage, Share, Stake
- GATHERED BY SPIES – Dirt, Information, Intelligence, Secrets
I am not kidding when I say I didn’t make this up. This is how I actually solved the NYT Connections puzzle today. I began by solving the hardest Purple category the first. This is twice in a week now and I am so proud. Although, to be honest, it was again not that difficult. Either that, or I just love spy movies too much.
I then moved on to the Blue category and solved it in a matter of a minute. Call it watching “The Big Short” a bit too much or a lucky streak, but I solved it easily again. The Green category came next and as expected it got even easier from there.
The easiest Yellow category was left. I combined the remaining words to get that along with the NYT Connections puzzle for April 17.
NYT Connections Past Answers
We hope the answers above helped you solve the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you stumbled here by accident, there’s a chance you might be looking for answers to previous puzzles.
Well, for such times and more, we have you covered. Feel free to go through our directory to NYT Connections for the last three days for all the help you need.
What about you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
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