NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, April 20 (game #679)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

Apr 19, 2025 - 15:14

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, April 20 (game #679)

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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 19 (game #677).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #679) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 679 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

BAR
JOKE
BUNNY
SHIRT
DYE
WHIP
SOCK
РЕЕР
EGG
GANDER
HIP
RUBBER BANDS
LOOK
BASIN
CODE
GLANCE

NYT Connections today (game #679) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Eye spy
GREEN: 70s DIY fashion
BLUE: The common theme rhymes with “back”
PURPLE: A small jump

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #679) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: GLIMPSE
GREEN: NEEDS FOR TIE-DYEING A SHIRT
BLUE: THINGS YOU CAN CRACK
PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "HOP"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #679) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 679 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #679, are…

YELLOW: GLIMPSE GANDER, GLANCE, LOOK, PEEP
GREEN: NEEDS FOR TIE-DYEING A SHIRT BASIN, DYE, RUBBER BANDS, SHIRT
BLUE: THINGS YOU CAN CRACK CODE, EGG, JOKE, WHIP
PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "HOP" BAR, BUNNY, HIP, SOCK

My rating: Hard
My score: 3 mistakes

I got the green group NEEDS FOR TIE-DYEING without knowing what I was looking for, just a process of elimination with the eight words I had left. It’s not something that I’ve ever personally done and I had no idea of the process.

GLIMPSE was a good deal easier — interestingly, GANDER was in yesterday’s “Take a ___” themed Strands and the trick pairing of PEEPs and BUNNY appeared in today’s. It feels like we are getting ever closer to a mash-up between the two puzzles – like when the cast of Family Guy appeared in The Simpsons.

THINGS YOU CAN CRACK was a great category for Easter, although I almost included HIP.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 19 April, game #678)

YELLOW: SPOKEN PRESENTATION ADDRESS, LECTURE, SPEECH, TALK
GREEN: ADJECTIVES FOR A DESERT DRY, HOT, SANDY, VAST
BLUE: DOG BREEDS, INFORMALLY BULLY, CHOW, GOLDEN, LAB
PURPLE: REPRESENTED BY THREE-DIGIT NUMBERS CANNABIS, DEVIL, INTRO CLASS, JAMES BOND

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.