Connections #689 Answers
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #689 for Wednesday, April 30, 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): parts of a shoe
- Green: accommodation
- Blue: reputation
- Purple (hardest): ending with synonyms for “yuck”
Answers
PARTS OF A SHOE
HEEL, SOLE, TONGUE, UPPER
ACCOMMODATION
CAPACITY, CHAIRS, ROOM, SEATING
REPUTATION
FACE, IMAGE, REGARD, STANDING
ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “YUCK”
DYNASTY, ENGROSS, GIMMICK, MILDEW
Previous Connections answers
- #688 — cooking concoctions, seen on a table at a dinner party, things to climb, what "diamond" can refer to
- #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
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