Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 4 #1028

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a tricky one. The yellow category is much harder than the yellow category; This is one of those sentences where you have to identify each word. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Don’t disturb the canines!
Green group index: Block it.
Blue group index: By the sea.
Purple group index: In tents.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: “Let sleeping dogs lie.”
Green group: Obscure.
Blue group: Coastal reliefs.
Purple group: ____camp.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle for April 4, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is “let sleeping dogs lie”. The four answers are: dogs, let, lie and sleep.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is obscure. The four answers are cover, mask, screen and shield.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of coastal reliefs. The four responses are bluff, heading, point and spit.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ camp. The four answers are band, base, boot and summer.




