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Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a fun mix of categories. Horse people and board-game players, you both get a category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.

The Times 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.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

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: Do not pass Go.

Green group hint: Think Vogue.

Blue group hint: Straight lines.

Purple group hint: Neigh!

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Monopoly squares.

Green group: Components of a fashion show.

Blue group: Commonly striped things.

Purple group: Ending in horse gaits.

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What are today's Connections answers?

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is Monopoly squares. The four answers are Boardwalk, Income Tax, Short Line and Water Works.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is components of a fashion show. The four answers are catwalk, collection, designer and model.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is commonly striped things. The four answers are barber pole, billiard ball, credit card and crosswalk.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is ending in horse gaits. The four answers are decanter (canter), envelope (lope), firewalk (walk) and foxtrot (trot).