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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a real challenge. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

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: Don’t do that on the court!

Green group hint: A claim one accepts as true.

Blue group hint: Pac-Man time.

Purple group hint: What Minnesotans, and others, call soda.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Commit a basketball violation.

Green group: Belief.

Blue group: Things tracked in video games.

Purple group: Words after “pop.”

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is commit a basketball violation. The four answers are carry, double dribble, goaltend and travel.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is belief. The four answers are attitude, mind, opinion and view.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is things tracked in video games. The four answers are health, lives, score and time.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is words after “pop.” The four answers are culture, fly, quiz and tart.