It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need.

You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.

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Category Hints

Today’s puzzle has some Americocentric clues.

We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.

If you want today’s category hints,click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.

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Today’syellow categoryrelates to parks for children.

Today’sgreen categoryrelates to objects that are made up of objects attached to long pieces of fabric/material.

Today’sblue categoryhas items that can all be described with the same three-letter adjective.

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Today’spurple categoryhas four words that can be preceded by another word for an infant.

Herring Watch:Four words today begin with the ‘Tee’ sound - this is not a category.

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Today’s Answers

We lost today because lost one life to the red herring and then had never heard of a teeter-totter.