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 28, 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 hair days, whodunits and more.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #687, on April 28.

A hint for each Connections category today, April 28

Yellow group hint: Best tressed

Green group hint: Think minimalism

Blue group hint: “Dateline” essentials

Purple group hint: Burn out

A word in each Connections category today, April 28

Yellow group word: Spray

Green group word: Simple

Blue group word: Fingerprint

Purple group word: Exhaust

Connections categories today, April 28

Yellow group category: Hair products

Green group category: Austere

Blue group category: Clues at a crime scene

Purple group category: Weary

Here are the answers to Connections today, April 28

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections? 

Hair products: Gel, mousse, spray, wax

What are the green words in today’s Connections? 

Austere: Bare, plain, simple, spare

What are the blue words in today’s Connections? 

Clues at a crime scene: Fiber, fingerprint, hair, tire mark

What are the purple words in today’s Connections? 

Weary: Bore, drain, exhaust, tire

Deanna Janes