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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 9, #668

Hints and answers for Connections for April 9, #668. Brush up on your Shakespeare for the blue group.

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Today, the blue category in the NYT Connections puzzle expects players to make a connection to a scene in a specific Shakespeare play. It's a famous play, and I'm an English major, but I did not figure it out.. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

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 the Earth.

Green group hint: Boxer's stock in trade

Blue group hint: Shakespearean stew.

Purple group hint: Wild dog.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Round three-dimensional objects.

Green group: Punch.

Blue group: Animals in the witches' brew in "Macbeth."

Purple group: Fox ____.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today's Connections answers?

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The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 9, 2025, #668.

 completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 9 2025 #668

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is round three-dimensional objects. The four answers are ball, globe, orb and sphere.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is punch. The four answers are pop, pound, slug and sock.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is animals in the witches' brew in "Macbeth." The four answers are bat, dog, frog and newt.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is fox ____. The four answers are glove, hole, hound and trot.

Toughest Connections puzzles

We've made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they'll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included "things you can set," such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included "one in a dozen," such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included "streets on screen," such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included "power ___" such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included "things that can run," such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.