NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Saturday, April 19, 2025 (#678)

Puzzle #678. 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 Saturday, April 19, 2025 (puzzle #678) is: YELLOW — SPOKEN PRESENTATION: ADDRESS, LECTURE, SPEECH, TALK. GREEN — ADJECTIVES FOR A DESERT: DRY, HOT, SANDY, VAST. BLUE — DOG BREEDS, INFORMALLY: BULLY, CHOW, GOLDEN, LAB. PURPLE — REPRESENTED BY THREE-DIGIT NUMBERS: CANNABIS, DEVIL, INTRO CLASS, JAMES BOND.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Saturday, April 19, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

HOT
DEVIL
GOLDEN
INTRO CLASS
LAB
BULLY
SANDY
ADDRESS
DRY
CANNABIS
LECTURE
JAMES BOND
TALK
CHOW
VAST
SPEECH

How hard is Connections #678?

Medium57/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Saturday, April 19, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Saturday, April 19, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Saturday, April 19, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Saturday, April 19, 2025 (puzzle #678) is: YELLOW — SPOKEN PRESENTATION: ADDRESS, LECTURE, SPEECH, TALK. GREEN — ADJECTIVES FOR A DESERT: DRY, HOT, SANDY, VAST. BLUE — DOG BREEDS, INFORMALLY: BULLY, CHOW, GOLDEN, LAB. PURPLE — REPRESENTED BY THREE-DIGIT NUMBERS: CANNABIS, DEVIL, INTRO CLASS, JAMES BOND.

What is the purple group in Connections #678?

The purple (hardest) group is "REPRESENTED BY THREE-DIGIT NUMBERS": CANNABIS, DEVIL, INTRO CLASS, JAMES BOND.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "SPOKEN PRESENTATION" — ADDRESS, LECTURE, SPEECH, TALK. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Saturday, April 19, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #678. 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.