Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has really fun blue and purple categories today. 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:  Workout time.

Green group hint: Cheers!

Blue group hint: Get a carrot!

Purple group hint: Dead or alive.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:  Exercise facilities.

Green group: Wine accessories.

Blue group: Brands with bunny rabbit mascots.

Purple group: Words on an Old West wanted poster.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is exercise facilities.

The four answers are gymnasium, health club, rec center and YMCA.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is wine accessories.

The four answers are aerator, corkscrew, decanter and stopper.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is brands with bunny rabbit mascots.

The four answers are Cadbury, Energizer, Playboy and Trix.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is words on an Old West wanted poster.

The four answers are alias, outlaw, reward and wanted.

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.

See full bio