Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 4, #663

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I thought I was doing great on today’s Connections puzzle. The yellow category had some very similar terms, so I answered that one right away, and green wasn’t much harder. Blue came together too, although more slowly, because there’s no way I would’ve solved the purple group. It’s one of those classic NYT puzzles where they take one letter off a bunch of similar terms. Think of a popular online auction site, and you might have a clue. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Play ball!

Green group hint: Vroom-vroom.

Blue group hint: Extra stuff.

Purple group hint: Businesses with the same missing first letter.