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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tricky. It was a little unnerving to see “cannibalism” as one of the clues. 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: Cough, cough!
Green group hint: Reel it in.
Blue group hint: Spin a web.
Purple group hint: Not Sunday or Tuesday.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Mass of smoke.
Green group: Fishing gear.
Blue group: Associated with black widow spiders.
Purple group: ____ Monday.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 20, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is mass of smoke. The four answers are billow, cloud, plume and puff.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is fishing gear. The four answers are bait, hook, net and rod.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is associated with black widow spiders. The four answers are cannibalism, hourglass, venom and web.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ Monday. The four answers are blue, cyber, manic and meatless.
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.
