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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is rather tricky. 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.
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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: Surfing the web.
Green group hint: Think Muhammad Ali.
Blue group hint: You might try to do this with a pinball machine.
Purple group hint: Not imprisoned.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Things stored by a browser.
Green group: Boxing terms.
Blue group: Tilt.
Purple group: Free ____.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 14, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is things stored by a browser. The four answers are bookmark, cache, cookie and history.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is boxing terms. The four answers are bell, gloves, ring and round.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is tilt. The four answers are lean, list, pitch and tip.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is free ____. The four answers are lance, mason, style and way.
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.
