Black Friday is always a good time to get ahead of those New Year’s fitness goals that you may or may not actually stick to, and the Samsung Galaxy Ultra makes it a little easier to track your workouts and monitor your sleep habits.

Right now, the Galaxy Ultra is selling for $550 at Best Buy, which gets you $100 off the regular $650 price, and you’ll also get two years of LTE data included. Amazon, Samsung and Walmart are price-matching the discount, but those retailers aren’t throwing in the LTE data perk.

The Galaxy Ultra brings noticeably improved features like its heart-rate monitoring, easy-to-use sleep apnea detection, and a brighter display that works great for outdoors. The quick button and gesture controls also help make daily tracking feel more intuitive.

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CNET wearables expert, Lexy Savvides, previously noted in her review that the watch has «a lot of useful tools that make it a do-it-all Android smartwatch with a steep price.» If this deal has you in savings mode, don’t miss our additional Black Friday deal roundups for gifts under $25 and under $100.

Why this deal matters

Getting $100 off with LTE data included makes the Galaxy Watch Ultra a more accessible option for anyone wanting a high-end wearable without paying full price. This is a solid pick for longevity and value in a fitness-focused smartwatch.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough, with a really goofy purple category. If you need help sorting the answers into groups, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Maybe?

Green group hint: Kate and Liz would also qualify.

Blue group hint: Think banking terms.

Purple group hint: Furry friends, with a twist.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Verbs expressing possibility.

Green group: Women’s nicknames.

Blue group: Financial abbreviations.

Purple group: Backwards animals.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is verbs expressing possibility. The four answers are can, could, may and might.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is women’s nicknames. The four answers are Deb, Jan, Kat and Sue.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is financial abbreviations. The four answers are APR, CFO, IRA and SEC.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is backwards animals. The four answers are flow (wolf), god (dog), mar (ram) and tab (bat).

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Toughest Connections puzzles

We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included «things you can set,» such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included «one in a dozen,» such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included «streets on screen,» such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included «power ___» such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included «things that can run,» such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has a fun topic, especially if you love a certain mode of travel. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. 

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: All aboard!

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Choo-choo!

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

• GASP, GASPS, GAPS, PERT, SLEEP, GRATE, RATE, RAIN, BOAT, PASS

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

• COACH, QUIET, DINING, SLEEPER, OBSERVATION

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is PASSENGERTRAIN. To find it, start with the P that’s five letters down on the far left, and wind across and up.

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Toughest Strands puzzles

Here are some of the Strands topics I’ve found to be the toughest in recent weeks.

#1: Dated slang, Jan. 21. Maybe you didn’t even use this lingo when it was cool. Toughest word: PHAT.

#2: Thar she blows! Jan.15. I guess marine biologists might ace this one. Toughest word: BALEEN or RIGHT. 

#3: Off the hook, Jan. 9. Similar to the Jan. 15 puzzle in that it helps to know a lot about sea creatures. Sorry, Charlie. Toughest word: BIGEYE or SKIPJACK.