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Connections weren’t too difficult today. As is often the case, the purple category was a bit puzzling at first, but think of Ringo Starr’s instrument and perhaps you can get into the rhythm of the answers. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot like the one for Wordle. After playing, go there to get a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. And players registered in the Times Games section can now track their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of maximum points achieved and their winning streak.

Read more: Hints, tips and strategies to help you succeed at NYT Connections every time

Notes for today’s Connections groups

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

Yellow group notice: Not very active.

Green Group Note: Cha-ching!

Blue Group Clue: Give me the clicker.

Purple group note: percussion phrase.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Hardly any activity

Green Group: Earn

Blue group: remote control functions

Purple group: words before “drum”.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is hardly busy. The four answers are calm, calm, sleepy and slow.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is earning. The four answers are gross, manufacturing, net and revenue.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The topic is remote control functions. The four answers are Home, Mute, Stop and Volume.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is words before “drum.” The four answers are ear, kettle, oil and noose.