Today’s NYT Connections puzzle includes some pretty fun topics. I thoroughly enjoyed the noisy green group. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.

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: Not walking right.

Green group hint: Chirp! Tweet!

Blue group hint: Not your feet.

Purple group hint: Sweet treats, with a twist.

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Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Move unsteadily.

Green group: Bird onomatopoeia.

Blue group: ____ head.

Purple group: Desserts minus last letter.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is move unsteadily.

The four answers are sway, toddle, totter and wobble.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is bird onomatopoeia.

The four answers are coo, gobble, honk and warble.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ head.

The four answers are bobble, hammer, jug and sleepy.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is desserts minus last letter.

The four answers are cobble (cobbler), pi (pie), tar (tart) and tort (torte).

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.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.

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