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Celebrate Pokemon Day With Deals on Trading Cards, Switch Games and More

This is a one-day sale is a must-see for Pokemon fans.

Feb. 27 is Pokemon Day and, as well as a special Pokemon Presents offering news on the franchise, there are a bunch of Pokemon deals to shop at Best Buy today. The retailer is discounting the popular Pokemon trading cards, several games for the Nintendo Switch as well as related accessories to celebrate the series’ anniversary. The deals all expire tonight or when sold out, so don’t wait on grabbing anything you want this Pokemon Day.

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If you’ve been swept up by the Pokemon trading card game craze, either as a collector or as a serious player, today’s sale offers an unmissable chance to save 20% on the latest TCG sets. The sale includes various booster packs and boxes of Silver Tempest, Astral Radiance and the popular Pokemon Go TCG set, though we expect many of these to sell out fast.

If your Pokemon fandom revolves more around the video games, you can use today’s sale to snag a few titles with as much as $15 off. The sale offers Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl from $45 as well as the reimagined New Pokemon Snap game at that same low price. If you’re yet to add these to your library, now’s a great chance to get them for less. Other neat Switch accessories like the Squirtle Amiibo, a Pikachu Switch case and various Pokemon-themed controllers are also on sale.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 8, #1032

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for April 8, No. 1032.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. The purple category is a fun one, once you see the connection. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times 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.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

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: In the group.

Green group hint: Appearance details.

Blue group hint: Often found in gyms.

Purple group hint: They help you see.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Cohort member.

Green group: Aesthetic.

Blue group: Kinds of bar apparatuses.

Purple group: Eyewear in the singular.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is cohort member. The four answers are associate, colleague, fellow and peer.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is aesthetic. The four answers are design, look, scheme and style.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is kinds of bar apparatuses. The four answers are monkey, parallel, pull-up and uneven.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is eyewear in the singular. The four answers are contact, goggle, shade and spectacle.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 8, #1754

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for April 8, No. 1,754.

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Wordle puzzle is a tough one. The first letter isn’t the rarest letter ever, but its placement threw me off. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.