Today’s Connections puzzle features some fun options. As a pop-culture junkie, I loved the purple category. 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: Wood shop.

Green group hint: Sweet treat.

Blue group hint: Water the lawn.

Purple group hint: Not boys.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Carpentry tools.

Green group: Kinds of melon.

Blue group: Garden hose settings.

Purple group: ____ girls of pop culture

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is carpentry tools.

The four answers are chisel, hammer, plane and saw.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is kinds of melon.

The four answers are bitter, musk, water and winter.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is garden hose settings.

The four answers are cone, jet, mist and shower.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ girls of pop culture.

The four answers are Gilmore, Golden, Mean and Spice.

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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