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Today's NYT Connections puzzle is exactly why we publish the answers for these puzzles. That purple category -- I don't know how anyone cracks it without help! If you're stuck, you're in the right place. Read on for today's Connections clues and 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 who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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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: Before cassette players, we used these.

Green group hint: Winter wear.

Blue group hint: Way to store rolled-up things.

Purple group hint: The first part sounds like a welcome.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Parts of a record player setup.

Green group: Kinds of coats.

Blue group: Things that come on spools.

Purple group: Starting with homophones of greetings.

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What are today's Connections answers?

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is parts of a record player setup. The four answers are amp, preamp, speaker and turntable.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is kinds of coats. The four answers are camel, duffle, pea and trench.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is things that come on spools. The four answers are film, tape, thread and wire.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is starting with homophones of greetings. The four answers are haiku, haystack, helonium and yeoman.