Need the answers for the June 25New 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:Want to gossip?

Green group hint:Cleave or sunder.

Blue group hint:One letter stays mum.

Purple group hint:Way to the top.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:Divulge, as in private information.

Green group:Divide.

Blue group:Silent K.

Purple group:Key to success, so to speak.

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is divulge, as private information.

The four answers are dish, spill, talk and tell.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is divide.

The four answers are branch, fork, part and split.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is key to success, so to speak.

The four answers are formula, recipe, secret and ticket.

How to play Connections

Playing is easy.Winning is hard.

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.