New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #666 April 7, 2025

Connections is back with its six-hundred sixty-sixth puzzle on April 7, 2025. In order to complete this puzzle, you will need to find the connections between every word, teasing out the common threads and determining how each of them is related.

Today’s puzzle is difficult enough that even long-time players that know how to play Connections well can get stuck. If you are running out of mistakes you can make and looking for a helping hand, you can find it in the article below.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #666 for April 7, 2025

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Pound, Locker, Level, Crater, Nail, Hills, Cape, Hanger, Pulse, Hammer, Beat, Gorge, Ball, Ridge, Print, and Thump.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you are looking for some help with this short puzzle game, you have come to the right place. Each subheader below has a different kind of clue or spoiler for this puzzle game. Click the “Read More” link below the item you want to see to uncover it.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of the categories have anything to do with closets or spaces for clothing.

2. Locker and Print are in one category together.

3. Level and Nail belong in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer: Something a new injury might do.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Throb.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Throb.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Beat, Pound, Pulse, Thump.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Landforms.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Landforms.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Cape, Crater, Gorge, Ridge.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: Decorating the walls requires these.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Picture Hanging Needs.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Picture Hanging Needs.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Hammer, Hanger, Level, Nail.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this free puzzle game like Wordle: Other things you could put in this category: Fetish, the Bill, Bath, Fungus.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Foot ___.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Foot ___.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Ball, Hills, Locker, Print.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #666 for April 7, 2025

Want the complete spoiler for this puzzle game that can make you smarter? The whole answer, including all the categories and the words that belong in each one, can be found below. Peek inside if you don’t mind the puzzle being spoiled for you.

• Yellow – Throb: Beat, Pound, Pulse, Thump
• Green – Landforms: Cape, Crater, Gorge, Ridge
• Blue – Picture Hanging Needs: Hammer, Hanger, Level, Nail
• Purple – Foot ___: Ball, Hills, Locker, Print

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Connections website available on almost any device with a browser.

Systems

Released

June 12, 2023

ESRB

e

Developer(s)

The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)

The New York Times Company