NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, April 7, 2025 (#666)

Monday, April 7, 2025, is NYT Connections puzzle #666. Here are four spoiler-safe category nudges first; the complete group answers follow below.

Today’s Connections hints

The 16 tiles are POUND, LOCKER, LEVEL, CRATER, NAIL, HILLS, CAPE, HANGER, PULSE, HAMMER, BEAT, GORGE, BALL, RIDGE, PRINT, and THUMP.

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• Yellow: Palpitate.
• Green: Geography.
• Blue: Putting art on the wall.
• Purple: Begin with a body part.

Today’s Connections answers

Spoilers below.

• Yellow — THROB: BEAT, POUND, PULSE, THUMP.
• Green — LANDFORMS: CAPE, CRATER, GORGE, RIDGE.
• Blue — PICTURE HANGING NEEDS: HAMMER, HANGER, LEVEL, NAIL.
• Purple — FOOT__: BALL, HILLS, LOCKER, PRINT.

Two easy-to-miss tiles

CAPE belongs with the landforms, while HILLS completes FOOT__ with BALL, LOCKER, and PRINT. LEVEL—not PRINT—is the picture-hanging item in the blue group.

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