Today’s Connections Hints & Answers For April 16, 2025 (Puzzle #675)

The classes in right now’s puzzle for Connections are extraordinarily imprecise in comparison with earlier days, so be prepared for some actual head-scratching phrases. A few of the phrases used right now intentionally fooled me, making it onerous to create pairings after they appear straightforward on the floor. To not get tricked like I did, you will must comply with some useful hints to keep away from making a mistake.

As if the variety of Wordle letters wasn’t complicated sufficient, right now’s Connections puzzle had some seemingly easy ideas which might be straightforward to misread. The theme of the day is incorrect similarities, as some phrases are very straightforward to pair with others after they don’t have any actual connection. Because you solely have 4 possibilities to make a mistake, you may simply get fooled with out some clues.

At present’s Connections Class Hints

April 16 #675

I had a tough time whereas fixing right now’s puzzle, however what helped me get by means of the battle was to take into consideration the actions of phrases moderately than your first affiliation. For instance, the phrase SCAR in right now’s puzzle instantly appears to pair properly with LION or SIMBA, however it is a trick. Those that attempt to make a Lion King connection will fail to notice what different associations make extra sense.

The classes aren’t what they appear right now, so comply with these clues to provide you a good suggestion about what they may very well be:

• One class is about issues associated to garments worn within the Victorian period.
• One class is about issues associated to actions that trigger harm.
• One class is about issues that make a variety of noise.
• One class is about issues associated to barely altered phrases for cultural dances.

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If you wish to go all out with a few of your clue-searching, it is best to take a look at the class names to get some further assist. There are additionally spoilers for every class if you end up needing to unravel a single class to complete up.

	BURLESQUE WEAR
	MESS UP THE SURFACE OF
	THEY ROAR
	LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGED

At present’s Connections Solutions

April 16 #675

Yellow Solutions: Revealed & Defined

This puzzle was tough for me, as I assumed BOA and GARTER would relate to MAMBA as a sequence of snake species. Whereas these two phrases are certainly on this a part of the puzzle, the connection to Victorian-era clothes was not on my radar by any means. After making an preliminary mistake, I associated GARTER to a garter belt, which helped me affiliate it with STOCKINGS and CORSET to finish the set with BOA.

Inexperienced Solutions: Revealed & Defined

Placing collectively SCRAPE and SCRATCH was not too tough for me, however I did get tripped up with SCAR, initially pondering it was a Lion King reference. Nonetheless, after I seen that SCORE isn’t a sports activities time period, however moderately a verb to explain scarring one thing, it helped me put the 2 ideas collectively. This appropriate pairing revealed the theme of this puzzle half, permitting me to search out the answer comparatively shortly.

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Blue Solutions: Revealed & Defined

The super-specific phrase KATY PERRY was one thing I recognized shortly, nevertheless it was onerous to inform at first what connections got here from it. Clearly, Katy Perry attracts in a giant CROWD each time she performs, in order that took care of 1 drawback. It did not take lengthy to understand that ENGINE and LION ought to be related to the sounds they make moderately than the noun model of themselves to unravel this puzzle piece.

Purple Solutions: Revealed & Defined

This class was the reason for so many different factors of confusion for me on the opposite subjects for right now’s puzzle. Admittedly, I solely started to catch onto this class’s theme as soon as all of the others had been discovered. Because of this, realizing that SIMBA was meant to be the Latin dance “Samba” and TANGY meant “Tango” got here later, nevertheless it did assist me affirm my suspicions to search out the answer to the remaining puzzle half.

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Launched

June 12, 2023

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Developer(s)

The New York Instances Firm

Writer(s)

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