Today’s Connections puzzle features some humorous categories, especially the blue one. 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: Boom!

Green group hint: AA, EE.

Blue group hint: Also tater tots.

Purple group hint: Needed if you spill wine on a white tablecloth.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Potentially explosive things.

Green group: Double vowels.

Blue group: Made with potatoes.

Purple group: Household stain removers.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is potentially explosive things.

The four answers are powder keg, time bomb, tinderbox and volcano.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is double vowels.

The four answers are antifreeze, bazaar, skiing, vacuum.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is made with potatoes.

The four answers are home fries, potato battery, vischyssoise and vodka.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is household stain removers.

The four answers are baking soda, club soda, hydrogen peroxide and vinegar.

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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