Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on April 27, 2025.
Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.
Today’s Connections has categories about hairy situations, road trip essentials and more.
Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #686, on April 27.
A hint for each Connections category today, April 27
Yellow group hint: Used in math class
Green group hint: Makings of a ponytail
Blue group hint: Bet you can’t eat just one
Purple group hint: Think the origin of Ikea
A word in each Connections category today, April 27
Yellow group word: Percent
Green group word: Tuft
Blue group word: Goldfish
Purple group word: Fish
Connections categories today, April 27
Yellow group category: Calculator buttons
Green group category: Amounts of hair
Blue group category: Salty snack unit
Purple group category: Swedish ___
Here are the answers to Connections today, April 27
What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?
Calculator buttons: Equals, minus, percent, times
What are the green words in today’s Connections?
Amounts of hair: Lock, shock, thatch, tuft
What are the blue words in today’s Connections?
Salty snack unit: Combo, Goldfish, Ruffle, Taki
What are the purple words in today’s Connections?
Swedish ___: Chef, fish, massage, meatball
