**NYT Connections: Tips, Clues, and Answers for Today**
*Connections* stands as one of the favored word games from *The New York Times*, enthralling players with its task of uncovering shared themes among words. Much like *Wordle*, *Connections* updates at midnight daily, and each new puzzle escalates in complexity. If you’re finding today’s challenge tough, we have a range of hints and strategies to assist you.
For those seeking just today’s answers, please scroll down to the conclusion of this article. But if you wish to tackle it independently, continue on for helpful clues and suggestions.
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### What is *Connections*?
The *New York Times*’ newest word game has taken the social media world by storm. Crafted with the assistance of associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu, *Connections* is accessible on both web platforms and mobile devices. What’s the aim? To group four words that share a common theme.
Each puzzle features 16 words, which need to be classified into four separate categories. These categories can include anything from book titles to software names, nations, and beyond. While various words may appear related, only one grouping is accurate.
When you successfully identify a group of four words, they are eliminated from the board. However, wrong guesses count as mistakes, and players can make up to four incorrect attempts before the game concludes.
To facilitate solving, players can shuffle the board to discover fresh connections. In addition, each category is color-coded:
– **Yellow**: Easiest
– **Green**: Moderate
– **Blue**: Challenging
– **Purple**: Most difficult
As with *Wordle*, you can share your results with friends on social media.
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### Hint for Today’s *Connections* Categories
Need a gentle push without disclosing the answers? Here are a few discreet hints:
– **Yellow**: To demonstrate bias
– **Green**: Methods to attract a driver’s attention
– **Blue**: Elements of a well-known poker variant
– **Purple**: Archaic English terms
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### Today’s *Connections* Categories
Having trouble? Here are the categories for today:
– **Yellow**: Bias
– **Green**: Signal for a taxi
– **Blue**: Cards in Texas Hold ‘Em
– **Purple**: Words from Shakespeare
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### Today’s *Connections* Answers
Ready for the answers? This is your final opportunity to look away before revealing today’s solutions!
The solution for *Connections* #641 is:
– **Bias**: ANGLE, BIAS, SLANT, SPIN
– **Signal for a taxi**: FLAG, HAIL, WAVE, WHISTLE
– **Cards in Texas Hold ‘Em**: FLOP, HOLE, RIVER, TURN
– **Words from Shakespeare**: ANON, ART, THOU, WILT
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### More Puzzles and Games
Didn’t manage to solve it this time? No need to worry—there’s a fresh *Connections* puzzle coming tomorrow! We will return with additional hints and answers for your benefit.
Looking for more puzzles? Explore:
– [Today’s *Wordle* answer](https://mashable.com/article/wordle-today-answer-march-13-2025)
– [NYT *Strands* hints and answers](https://mashable.com/article/strands-nyt-hint-march-13-2025)
– [Mashable’s game hub](https://games.mashable.com/) for Mahjong, Sudoku, crosswords, and additional games
Missed yesterday’s *Connections*? [Find the previous solution here](https://mashable.com/article/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-march-13).
Enjoy your puzzling experience! 🎉