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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a fun mix. If you follow your horoscope regularly, you might solve the blue group right away. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Like haunted house weather.
Green group hint: Medicine you spread on skin.
Blue group hint: Crab, bull and lion are three more.
Purple group hint: Think Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Gloomy.
Green group: Ointment.
Blue group: Zodiac symbols.
Purple group: Muscular, minus “ed” sound.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 9, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is gloomy. The four answers are blue, dark, down and low.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is ointment. The four answers are balm, cream, paste and rub.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is zodiac symbols. The four answers are archer, fish, goat and ram.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is muscular, minus “ed” sound. The four answers are jack, rip, shred and yoke.
