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.

And do you also play Wordle?

We’ve gottoday’s Wordle answer and hintstoo.

Yellow group hint:Wish for.

Green group hint:Like The New Yorker.

Blue group hint:Think 007.

Purple group hint:Turn up the volume.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:Yearn.

Green group:Magazines.

Blue group:Characters in Bond movies.

Purple group:Words that precede “pop” in music genres.

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is yearn.

The four answers are desire, long, pine and yen.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is magazines.

The four answers are Fortune, Mad, Nature and O.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is characters in Bond movies.

The four answers are Bond, M, Moneypenny and Q.

The four answers are bubblegum, Euro, K and power.

How to play Connections

Playing is easy.Winning is hard.

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

press 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.