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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a pretty tough one, especially the blue and purple groups. 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: All aboard!

Green group hint: Terms you might find in a physics class.

Blue group hint: Look in your schoolbook.

Purple group hint: You might need a watering can.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Step onto, as a vehicle.

Green group: Quantities in mechanics.

Blue group: Textbook images.

Purple group: ____ plant.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is step onto, as a vehicle. The four answers are board, embark, enter and mount.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is quantities in mechanics. The four answers are acceleration, force, mass and momentum.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is textbook images. The four answers are figure, illustration, picture and plate.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ plant. The four answers are face, pitcher, power and Robert.

Quick tips for Connections

#1: Say the clue words out loud, pausing before and after each. That helps you hear the words in the context of a phrase. The Connections editors love to group words together that are used in similar phrasing, like ____ Up.

#2: Don’t go for the obvious grouping. These editors are smart. Once, they offered SPONGE, BOB, SQUARE and PANTS in the same puzzle. None of those words were in the same category. If you like, hit the “shuffle” button to give yourself a different perspective on the words.

#3: Break down any compound words and look for similarities. “Rushmore” was once in a puzzle where the connection was that each word started with the name of a rock band.