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Do you think the makers of the Connections puzzle keep a notebook, and when they see words containing other words, they write those down, eventually coming up with four of a kind? I bet that’s how they get a lot of the purple categories, like today’s. 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: Grow.

Green group hint: No more.

Blue group hint: Red cape time.

Purple group hint: Bob the Builder.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Kinds of plants.

Green group: Discontinue.

Blue group: Associated with bulls.

Purple group: Ending with building materials.

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 kinds of plants. The four answers are herb, shrub, tree and vine.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is discontinue. The four answers are dissolve, end, shrub and sunset.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with bulls. The four answers are Michael Jordan, rodeo, Taurus and Wall Street.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ending with building materials. The four answers are Hollywood, hourglass, Kubrick and neuroplastic.

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.