Rock Paper Shotgun published a guide for Connections #1040 on Friday, 17th April, laying out the hints, the groupings and the answer for ' daily word game. The guide also flags that it is for a previous day, and points readers looking for today's version to a Connections hint for Thursday 23rd April.
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four with a shared theme, and each set is marked by color: Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple. The guide says it will reveal one word from each group, then the four groups themselves and the solution, which matters because the game ends after the fourth mistake and the answer is shown automatically.
That structure is what gives the puzzle its pull. The clues can hide red herrings, and the color system signals how hard each group is supposed to be, with Yellow as the easiest and Purple as the toughest. For players stuck on Friday's grid, the point of the guide is simple: it turns a daily puzzle into a solvable one without making the whole board obvious at once.
The catch is that the guide is not for the day most readers are likely hunting for. It is explicitly labeled as a previous-day hint, while the text sends anyone chasing the current puzzle to Thursday 23rd April instead. So the answer to the headline's promise is yes, this is a Connections hint guide, but it is a guide for Friday, 17th April, not the latest game.
