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April 16 Connections hints
The puzzle’s four groups move from the gentlest clue to the trickiest. Try to sort the words before reading the answers.
- Yellow: Dressed for the Cabaret
- Green: Scuffing up where you walk
- Blue: Growling but in style, familiarly
- Purple: Groove in a different language, but wrong
Word bank
Crowd, Score, Mamba, Engine, Boa, Simba, Katy Perry, Scar, Lion, Garter, Scratch, Meringue, Corset, Scrape, Tangy, Stockings.
Answers for April 16, 2025
Spoilers below. The 16 words form four groups of four:
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- Yellow — BURLESQUE WEAR: Boa, Corset, Garter, Stockings.
- Green — MESS UP THE SURFACE OF: Scar, Score, Scrape, Scratch.
- Blue — THEY ROAR: Crowd, Engine, Katy Perry, Lion.
- Purple — LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED: Mamba, Meringue, Simba, Tangy.
How Connections works
Connections presents 16 words and asks players to sort them into four groups of four based on a shared connection. The groups are color-coded: yellow is the easiest and purple the trickiest. Because words can appear to fit more than one category, working through hints before revealing the answers helps preserve the puzzle’s challenge. The New York Times Help Center explains the game and its access details.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Where to play this older puzzle
The daily game releases at midnight in the player’s timezone and is available free on NYT Games platforms, according to the Help Center. Access to the Connections archive is limited to All Access and Games subscribers; the Help Center says the archive reaches back to June 12, 2023. Since this puzzle is dated April 16, 2025, eligible subscribers can look for it in that archive.
The contemporaneous April 16, 2025 answer guide from ComicBook.com provides the dated word bank, hints, labels, and groupings.
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