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Take $200 Off Select Garmin Watches at Wellbots

With deals on GPS, Solar and other models, these sleek smartwatches are rugged enough to handle all of your adventures.

If you’re looking for a top-notch smartwatch, Garmin is among the best brands to buy. Not only do they work with both iOS and Android, but they also offer advanced fitness options and have a more rugged build than a lot of the competition. As with most high-quality products, Garmin watches typically carry a hefty price tag. However, Wellbots is making it more affordable by knocking $200 off all models in the Fenix 7 series, as well as the the Epix 2, and offering free shipping on your purchase.

See Fenix 7 Series at Wellbots

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Garmin’s Fenix 7 series has a number of models available that should serve just about anybody well. These rugged smartwatches are designed with tough workouts in mind. The Fenix 7 and 7S generally starts at $700, offering a 47mm and 42mm case, respectively, with the solar editions going for $100 more. Wellbots also has the larger 7X solar edition available, sporting a 51mm case. It usually lists for $900 before the discount.

Each model has different specs, so be sure to read each product page carefully. Depending on your needs, you may opt for one version over another. The base Fenix 7 should provide up to 18 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up for 57 hours with GPS only, to give you an idea of the performance you can expect.

The Garmin Epix 2 is a great choice for adventurers and athletes, earning a spot on our roundup of the best smartwatch options you can get right now. It has has a 1.3-inch always-on AMOLED touchscreen display, titanium construction for durability and plenty of fitness tracking features, as well as access to mapping resources like GPS, GLONASS and GALILEO. It also gets up to six days of battery life per charge. It regularly lists for $1,000, but with the discount you can snag one for $800.

It’s worth noting that these Garmin smartwatches lack ECG tracking and cellular service, so if you’re looking for those features, you may want to invest in a different model. And if you’re looking for more savings, be sure to check out our roundup of all the best Garmin deals happening now.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 27, #686

Hints and answers for Connections for April 27, #686.

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 Connections puzzle might make you hungry — especially if you spot the four words in the blue category. 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 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: Do the math.

Green group hint: Tresses.

Blue group hint: Munchies.

Purple group hint: Think Stockholm.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Calculator buttons.

Green group: Amounts of hair.

Blue group: Salty snack unit.

Purple group: Swedish ____.

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 calculator buttons. The four answers are equals, minus, percent and times.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is amounts of hair. The four answers are lock, shock, thatch and tuft.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is salty snack unit. The four answers are Combo, Goldfish, Ruffle and Taki.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Swedish ____. The four answers are Chef, Fish, massage and meatball.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 27, #420

Here are hints — and answers — for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 420 for April 27.

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

Sleep used to be so simple, but now it can be complex, as we try to add in extra things to help us get that good night’s rest. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle highlights sleep assistance, and a few of the words are tricky. If you need hints and answers, read on.

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

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Sleep tight

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Zzzzz…

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:

BEDS, MINE, TAKE, TAKES, TAKER, STAKE, LATS, EARL, PLUG, PLUGS, ROUT, MIKE, DATE

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’ve got 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: