Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. But the purple category is pretty fun, at least if you're fascinated with musical groups and their names. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now 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 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 what I do. Green group hint: Athletic games. Blue group hint: New trend. Purple group hint: Think music and animals. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Emulate. Green group: Sports. Blue group: Mania. Purple group: Single animal in a creatively spelled band name. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is emulate. The four answers are copy, echo, mirror and parrot. The green words in today's Connections The theme is sports. The four answers are cricket, golf, polo and squash. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is mania. The four answers are bug, craze, fad and fever. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is animal in a creatively spelled band name. The four answers are beetle, bird, gorilla and monkey. (The Beatles, The Byrds, Gorillaz and The Monkees.)