Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on April 25, 2025.

Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.

Today’s Connections has categories about human chew toys, celebrated ditties, and more.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #684, on April 25.

A hint for each Connections category today, April 25

Yellow group hint: “The taste is gonna move you”

Green group hint: Opposite of conclusion

Blue group hint: Jazzy earworms

Purple group hint: Totally tubular

A word in each Connections category today, April 25

Yellow group word: Cinnamon

Green group word: Spark

Blue group word: Autumn leaves

Purple group word: Vacuum

Connections categories today, April 25

Yellow group category: Gum flavors

Green group category: Starting point

Blue group category: Great American Songbook songs

Purple group category: ____ tube

Here are the answers to Connections today, April 25

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections? 

Gum flavors: Bubblegum, cinnamon, menthol, wintergreen

What are the green words in today’s Connections? 

Starting point: Catalyst, launchpad, spark, springboard

What are the blue words in today’s Connections? 

Great American Songbook songs: “Autumn Leaves,” “Summertime,” “Unforgettable,” “Witchcraft”

What are the purple words in today’s Connections? 

____ tube: Fallopian, inner, test, vacuum

Deanna Janes