Connections #688 Answers
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #688 for Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): cooking concoctions
- Green: seen on a table at a dinner party
- Blue: things to climb
- Purple (hardest): what "diamond" can refer to
Answers
COOKING CONCOCTIONS
BATTER, DOUGH, MIXTURE, PASTE
SEEN ON A TABLE AT A DINNER PARTY
CANDLESTICK, PITCHER, PLACEMAT, PLATE
THINGS TO CLIMB
LADDER, MOUNTAIN, ROPE, TREE
WHAT "DIAMOND" CAN REFER TO
GEMSTONE, INFIELD, RHOMBUS, SUIT
Previous Connections answers
- #687 — hair products, austere, clues at a crime scene, weary
- #686 — calculator buttons, amounts of hair, salty snack unit, swedish ___
- #685 — tint, valley, bobs, color anagrams
- #684 — gum flavors, starting point, great american songbook songs, ___ tube
- #683 — things that are white, kinds of lettuce, “batman” villains, they have literal/idiomatic ears
- #682 — parts of a tree, canine/feline features, comedic routine, ___pole
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