Need the answers for theNew York Times Connections puzzle?

To me,Wordleis more of a vocabulary test, butConnectionsis more of a brainteaser.

You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected.

Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.

Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers.

Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four.

tap on the four words you think go together.

The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest.

Look at the words carefully and think about related terms.

Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word.

Yellow group hint:Close to each other.

Green group hint:Here, fishy-fishy!

Blue group hint:Hoopsters.

Green group:Ways to attract fish.

Blue group:W.N.B.A.

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is think of together.

The four answers are affiliate, associate, equate and relate.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is ways to attract fish.

The four answers are bait, chum, fly and lure.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is W.N.B.A.

The four answers are Liberty, Storm, Sun and Wings.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is long ____.

The four answers are bow, fellow, horn and legs.