NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (#681)

Puzzle #681. 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 Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (puzzle #681) is: YELLOW — CANCEL, AS A PROJECT: AXE, CUT, DROP, SCRAP. GREEN — SEEN IN A POTTERY STUDIO: CLAY, GLAZE, KILN, WHEEL. BLUE — THINGS THAT ARE SLIPPERY: BANANA PEEL, EEL, GREASE, ICE. PURPLE — NATURAL PRODUCERS OF HEAT: FIRE, LIGHTNING, SUN, VOLCANO.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

ICE
WHEEL
GREASE
LIGHTNING
FIRE
EEL
AXE
SUN
CLAY
SCRAP
VOLCANO
GLAZE
DROP
BANANA PEEL
KILN
CUT

How hard is Connections #681?

Medium45/100
  • 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 Tuesday, April 22, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, April 22, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, April 22, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (puzzle #681) is: YELLOW — CANCEL, AS A PROJECT: AXE, CUT, DROP, SCRAP. GREEN — SEEN IN A POTTERY STUDIO: CLAY, GLAZE, KILN, WHEEL. BLUE — THINGS THAT ARE SLIPPERY: BANANA PEEL, EEL, GREASE, ICE. PURPLE — NATURAL PRODUCERS OF HEAT: FIRE, LIGHTNING, SUN, VOLCANO.

What is the purple group in Connections #681?

The purple (hardest) group is "NATURAL PRODUCERS OF HEAT": FIRE, LIGHTNING, SUN, VOLCANO.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "CANCEL, AS A PROJECT" — AXE, CUT, DROP, SCRAP. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #681. 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.