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Today’s Connections puzzle has one of those purple categories that play with the letters of the words. It might be tricky. 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: Hotels have a lot of these.

Green group hint: Different and conflicting.

Blue group hint: Think Victoria’s Secret.

Purple group hint: Deal me in, but change a letter.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Items in a linen closet.

Green group: Diametric.

Blue group: Lingerie.

Purple group: Card games with first letter changed.

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 items in a linen closet. The four answers are pillowcase, sheet, towel and washcloth.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is diametric. The four answers are counter, opposite, polar and reverse.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is lingerie. The four answers are garter, hose, slip and teddy.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is card games with first letter changed. The four answers are din, fridge, gummy and joker. (Gin, bridge, rummy and poker.)

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I was thrilled to see one of my teams, the Twins, show up in today’s Connections: Sports Edition. That particular category is pretty easy for anyone who even idly follows major-league baseball. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.  

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

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

Yellow group hint: Splish-splash.

Green group hint: Midwestern baseball.

Blue group hint: Big Green is another one.

Purple group hint:  B-ball is another one.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Aquatic sports.

Green group: AL Central teams.

Blue group: Ivy League team nicknames.

Purple group: Shortened names for sports.

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

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is aquatic sports. The four answers are diving, surfing, swimming and water polo.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is AL Central teams. The four answers are Guardians, Royals, Twins and White Sox.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Ivy League team nicknames. The four answers are Big Red, Crimson, Quakers and Tigers.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is shortened names for sports. The four answers are footy, hoops, LAX and XC.

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is rather tough. Some of the words aren’t super common, and the unscrambling could trip you up. 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.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Body language

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Signal with your body in some way.

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:

• STED, SALT, MARS, HARM, HARMS, STEM, TOOK, COOK, CART, CARTS, LUTE, LUTES, HAND, HANDS, TARE, SHAKE

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:

• SHRUG, KOWTOW, SALUTE, CURTSEY, NAMASTE, HANDSHAKE

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is GESTURES. To find it, start with the G that’s four letters down on the first row, and wind across.