NYT Connections hint (Sat, 18 Apr)

Looking for some Connections hints to help with today's puzzle on Saturday, 18th April? It's Saturday. You deserve to take a load off and relax. But don't get too comfy! Your Connections streak doesn't take a break, even on the weekend.

If you've got too many chores on your plate today and don't have time to pace your living room, racking your brain for all the answers, we've got you covered. So, let's get solving!

How to play Connections

Connections is one of the most popular (and challenging) daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.

For instance, the words "Hook", "Nana", "Peter", and "Wendy" are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, "Action", "Ballpark", "Go", and "Stick" are all words which commonly come just before the word "Figure". These are the kinds of Connections you'll need to make to solve the puzzle.

Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together - but be wary, because a lot of the time there are deceptive red herring connections placed purely to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.

Each of the four groups in each day's Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).

Click here to play today's Connections puzzle!

Connections hint: Today's Connections words

Below you'll find various hints for today's Connections. Each of the below hints will make it progressively easier for you to solve today's puzzle. First we'll reveal the words in today's Connections, followed by our Connections hint for each group. Then we'll reveal one word inside each group, followed by the groups themselves; and finally, at the bottom of this page, we'll reveal the answers to today's Connections puzzle. Here are the 16 Connections words for today:

• LONG SHOT
• PEPSINOGEN
• UNDERDOG
• CRUSHWORTHY
• FANTAGRAPHICS
• DARK HORSE
• FRESCADE
• AC
• DC
• GOGGLE
• MARVEL
• POWER
• SLEEPER
• STARE
• VOLTAGE
• WONDER

Connections hint for Saturday 18th April

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• Yellow hint: Can't look away.
• Green hint: Powering things up!
• Blue hint: No one saw them coming.
• Purple hint: Cast your mind back to the beginning.
• Extra hint 1: One set only works if you split the words.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'G'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• Yellow: Marvel
• Green: DC
• Blue: Dark Horse
• Purple: Fantagraphics

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Connections hints: All of today's Connections groups

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• Yellow: Look At With Awe
• Green: Basic Electricity Terms
• Blue: Unexpected Winner
• Purple: Starting With Soda Brands

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Saturday, 18th April:

• Yellow: Look At With Awe (Goggle, Marvel, Stare, Wonder)
• Green: Basic Electricity Terms (AC, DC, Power, Voltage)
• Blue: Unexpected Winner (Dark Horse, Long Shot, Sleeper, Underdog)
• Purple: Starting With Soda Brands (Crushworthy, Fantagraphics, Frescade, Pepsinogen)

Well, well, well, I think we have another comic fan in our midst! I can't be the only one who wasted guesses trying to group Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Fantagraphics together. How sneaky! That had me stumped for much longer than I'd like to admit.

It's hard to shift trains of thought while playing Connections. My brain is like a dog with a bone sometimes! But eventually, I was able to welcome some other connections into the mix, and the answers started to fall into place. Well played, NYT, well played.

Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!