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Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a real zinger of a purple category. You'll need to dissect four words and find hidden within each one another word, and those four all have a connection. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.

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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: In a zone.

Green group hint: Not one, or three.

Blue group hint: They're on the case!

Purple group hint: Hidden words inside other words.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Hypnotic state.

Green group: Starting with prefixes meaning "two."

Blue group: Fictional inspectors.

Purple group: Ending in female animals.

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What are today's Connections answers?

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is hypnotic state. The four answers are dream, haze, spell and trance.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is starting with prefixes meaning "two." The four answers are binary, dioxide, Duolingo and twilight.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is fictional inspectors. The four answers are Clouseau, Gadget, Javert and Morse.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is ending in female animals. The four answers are hootenanny (nanny), lichen (hen), Moscow (cow) and nightmare (mare).