Back with the NYT’s most interesting and trickiest game, the “Connection. “We have all the hints for the April 9th Connection, but if you would like the answers directly, then we’ve got you that too. Today’s Connections has many tricky elements, “Words from literature to things related to a particular animal.” But we have your back and are here to help you with the hints and solutions.
The NYT Connection was launched in 2023, and since then, it has attracted online users immensely. The fan following of this word game has increased rapidly after its launch. The New York Times has other games, too, and you can access all these games on the All Times platform, NYTimes.com/games/connection.
What is the NYT “Connection”?
The NYT Connection is a word puzzle game where they give you 16 words in a 4×4 grid. Words are divided into four sets; each set has a thread in common or a similarity that connects them. You have to identify the four words that belong to the same set/theme. For example, if there are 16 words and among them, you see lion, tiger, cheetah, and fox, then you have an idea that each of these words has something in common.
After you choose the four words, you will have to submit them by clicking the “submit” option. If it’s correct, then all the selected words will be out of the display, and then you will be left with the remaining 12 words. Similarly, you have to identify all four sets of words.
The groups/sets of words also have difficulty levels, which are denoted by a particular color. Yellow is the easiest, then comes green, blue, and lastly, the trickiest, purple. To identify all the correct four sets, you will be given 4 chances, and after that, the game will be over.
What does today’s Connection look like?
Image: The New York Times
The hints for today’s Connection, April 9th
Yellow: It shares the same kind of shape.
Green: To strike
Blue: You can find it in Shakespeare’s play.
Purple: These words are trailing a fox.
Solution for April 9th Connection
ROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL (Yellow)
OBJECTS: BALL, GLOBE, ORB, SPHERE
PUNCH (Green)
POP, POUND, SLUG, SOCK
ANIMALS IN THE WITCHES’ BREW IN “MACBETH” (Blue)
BAT, DOG, FROG, NEWT
FOX (Purple)
GLOVE, HOLE, HOUND, TROT
Image: The New York Times
