NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, April 28, 2024 (#322)

Puzzle #322. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, April 28, 2024 (puzzle #322) is: YELLOW — PASSIONATE, AS A FEELING: DEEP, EXTREME, FIERCE, INTENSE. GREEN — BANG INTO: BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM. BLUE — ANALOG TV INTERFERENCE: FUZZ, NOISE, SNOW, STATIC. PURPLE — ___ MARY: BLOODY, HAIL, PROUD, VIRGIN.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, April 28, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

SNOW
RAM
FIERCE
PROUD
VIRGIN
HAIL
BLOODY
NOISE
DEEP
BUMP
FUZZ
INTENSE
BUTT
STATIC
EXTREME
KNOCK

How hard is Connections #322?

Medium52/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Mary" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Sunday, April 28, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, April 28, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, April 28, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, April 28, 2024 (puzzle #322) is: YELLOW — PASSIONATE, AS A FEELING: DEEP, EXTREME, FIERCE, INTENSE. GREEN — BANG INTO: BUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM. BLUE — ANALOG TV INTERFERENCE: FUZZ, NOISE, SNOW, STATIC. PURPLE — ___ MARY: BLOODY, HAIL, PROUD, VIRGIN.

What is the purple group in Connections #322?

The purple (hardest) group is "___ MARY": BLOODY, HAIL, PROUD, VIRGIN.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "PASSIONATE, AS A FEELING" — DEEP, EXTREME, FIERCE, INTENSE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, April 28, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #322. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.