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Need a nudge for the Thursday, April 3, 2025 NYT Connections puzzle? These graduated hints start gently and get more specific. Stop before the answer reveal if you want to solve the four groups yourself. Third-party guides identify this as game #662.
Hints for Connections #662
- One group consists of printed public information.
- Picture the equipment and fixtures at a grocery checkout.
- Think about the different things that can have a “tab.”
- Try putting PALM before each word in one group.
Categories and answers
Spoilers below: the category labels and all 16 answers follow.
Yellow: PRINTED NOTIFICATION
ANNOUNCEMENT, BULLETIN, NOTICE, POSTER
Green: SEEN AT A GROCERY CHECKOUT COUNTER
CONVEYOR BELT, REGISTER, SCALE, SCANNER
Blue: THINGS WITH TABS
BROWSER, FOLDER, KEYBOARD, SODA CAN. “Tab” means something different across the set: a browser tab, a folder tab, the Tab key on a keyboard, and a pull tab on a soda can.
Purple: PALM ___
BEACH, READER, SUNDAY, TREE. Each answer completes a familiar phrase when placed after “palm.”
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What makes the groups tricky?
The first two groups are based on recognizable categories: printed notices and things found at a grocery checkout. The tabs group depends on switching between meanings of one word, while the final group is solved by completing the same phrase. These are descriptions of the answer patterns, not official difficulty rankings.
Quick Recap
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