Today's NYT Connections Tips, April 26 Answers, #685

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Today’s Connection puzzle has many short words, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. The purple category requires a lot of thought–most people can only solve it by solving the other three words. Continue reading the clues and today's connected answers.
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Today's Connection Group Tips
Here are four tips for grouping in today’s Connection puzzles, from the simplest yellow groups to the tough (and sometimes weird) purple groups.
Yellow group tips: rainbow.
Green group tips: San Fernando____.
Blue group tips: Thinking about Robert.
Purple Group Tips: Mixed tone words.
Today's Connection Group Answers
Yellow group:tone.
Green Group:valley.
Blue group: Bob.
Purple group: Color angrams.
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What is the answer to today’s connection?
April 26, 2025, #685's NYT Connections puzzle.
Yellow words in today's connection
The theme is color. The four answers are color, hue, shadow, and tone.
Green Words in Today's Connection
The theme is valley. The four answers are Dell, Dell, Glen and Hollow.
Blue Words in Today's Connection
The subject is Bob. These four answers are Dole, Hope, Marley and Ross.
Purple Words in Today's Connection
Theme is Anagram of color. These four answers are DR (red), Gary (grey), genre (green), and lubricant (blue).