Sun Apr 20 11:10:00 UTC 2025: ## NYT’s New Word Game “Connections” Takes the Internet by Storm

**New York, NY** – The New York Times’ latest word game, Connections, is rapidly gaining popularity, becoming a social media sensation similar to the widely popular Wordle. The game challenges players to identify common threads between four words from a selection of sixteen, categorized into four sets of varying difficulty (indicated by yellow, green, blue, and purple).

Developed by associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu, Connections is available on web browsers and mobile devices. Players have up to four attempts to correctly group the words; each correct grouping removes the words from the board. The game’s innovative feature allows players to rearrange the words to aid in finding connections.

Today’s puzzle (Connections #678) focused on the categories: Spoken presentations (ADDRESS, LECTURE, SPEECH, TALK); Adjectives for a desert (DRY, HOT, SANDY, VAST); Dog breeds (BULLY, CHOW, GOLDEN, LAB); and things represented by three-digit numbers (CANNABIS, DEVIL, INTRO CLASS, JAMES BOND).

While the article provides hints and the solution, it encourages players to solve the puzzle independently before revealing the answers. The game resets daily at midnight, promising a new challenge each day. The NYT Games section also features other popular games like Wordle and Strands.

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