Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is all over the place. That purple category is actually fun 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: Vroom!

Green group hint: They don’t speak.

Blue group hint: Valentine’s Day symbol.

Purple group hint: Sweets, but the brand name gets a tweak.

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Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Classic American performance cars.

Green group: Features of a mime costume.

Blue group: ____ heart.

Purple group: Candy bars plus a letter.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is classic American performance cars.

The four answers are Corvette, Firebird, Mustang and Viper.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is features of a mime costume.

The four answers are beret, gloves, stripes and suspenders.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ heart.

The four answers are artichoke, purple, sacred and take to.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is candy bars plus a letter.

The four answers are doves (Dove), marsh (Mars), skort (Skot) and twixt (Twix).

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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