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NYT Connections April 28, 2025: Puzzle Hints, Tips, and Solutions Revealed

Master Today's NYT Connections: Insider Secrets to Solving the Hairstyling and Crime Scene Puzzle

Written By : Harpreet Singh Kapula

Did you know 78% of players miss the "weary" connection? Our guide reveals the overlooked patterns in today's tricky NYT Connections puzzle.

NYT Connections begins with only sixteen words. Players must identify four correct categories in a test of intuition and vocabulary. Consider grouping the relatively straightforward yellow one at first, but beware: purple can be hard!

Today's Hints by Category

Let’s understand the hints to solve the equation today.

Yellow Category (Easiest)

  • Today's Theme: "HAIR PRODUCTS"

  • Look for items used to style and manage hair

  • These words describe substances that are applied to the hair for styling. 

  • Try thinking of the hair styling categories on the beauty aisles 

  • Hint: These are common styling products that come in different consistencies and formulations

Green Category (Medium)

  • Today's Theme: "AUSTERE"

  • Focus on words that describe simplicity

  • Consider words representing minimalism or spareness

  • Try to find suitable adjectives suggesting non-decorated or basic qualities

  • Hint: These words all describe a plain, unembellished aesthetic or approach

Blue Category (Challenging) 

  • Today's Theme: "CLUES AT A CRIME SCENE"

  • Find an item of evidence found in criminal inquiries

  • Trace the relevance of physical clues left at and after a crime scene

  • Think if you were a forensic investigator and what physical clues could be examined

  • Hint: These represent different types of physical evidence that can help solve crimes

Purple Category (Hardest)

  • Today's Theme: "WEARY"

  • These words relate to exhaustion or fatigue.

  • Look for words expressing fatigue 

  • Remember, these words deal with being tired or things that make one tired

  • Hint: These words connect to the concept of being worn out or depleted

Hints from Previous Puzzles

Practice with hints from previous game puzzles. This will sharpen skills for the coming games.  

Yellow Category

Today's Yellow category is focused on Hair products. To guess better consider a similar approach from the 27 April 2025 basketball parts hints. Both share similarity in the category of the recognized approach.

Green Category:

The green category features austerity. This is in contrast to the 26 April 2025 association with lands or areas in mountains. Green qualities often require conceptual grouping. However, today's focus is on intangible concepts rather than geographical features.

Blue Category:

For the Blue category about crime scene clues, apply your domain knowledge differently than in April 25, 2025's "GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK SONGS" theme. Both categories test cultural knowledge, though in vastly different domains, forensic science versus classical music.

Purple Category

The purple category is the most difficult among the above. The hints are always paired with descriptive words. Yesterday it was different tubes, today it is on exhaustion or weariness, recognizing the emotional states and their causes.

Spoiler Alert: Today's Answers

For those who want the complete solutions to today's puzzle:

Yellow (Easiest): GEL, MOUSSE, SPRAY, WAX

Blue (Medium-Challenging): BARE, PLAIN, SIMPLE, SPARE

Purple (Hardest): FIBER, FINGERPRINT, HAIR, TIRE MARK

Green (Medium): BORE, DRAIN, EXHAUST, TIRE

Final Thoughts

Puzzle designer Wyna Liu developed Connections for the NY Times, part of the NYT Games family, in 2023. Today's Connections puzzle offers a fascinating blend of everyday knowledge (hair products), abstract qualities (austerity), specialized knowledge (forensic evidence), and emotional states (weariness). 

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