Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 13, #672

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Today’s Connections puzzle is a fun one. I found yellow and green pretty easy, and purple filled in pretty fast, too. 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: To rob.

Green group hint: School status.

Blue group hint: The way type looks.

Purple group hint: Straw and rasp, also.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Steal.

Green group: Attendance status.

Blue group: Font-modifying words.

Purple group: ____ berry.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is steal. The four answers are nick, pinch, pocket and swipe.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is attendance status. The four answers are absent, excused, late and present.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is font-modifying words. The four answers are Gothic, Roman, Sans and Typewriter.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ berry. The four answers are caper, elder, goose and logan.