Today’s Connections Hints & Answers For April 2, 2024 (Puzzle #295)

Tuesday has never been the most exciting day, but at least we get new Connections to solve. Today’s categories are a nice mix of niche topics that most people should be able to solve, but there’s always a chance you could get stuck on some matches that just don’t match-up.




One of the best strategies for playing Connections is to utilize the ‘shuffle’ button right away. Oftentimes the game will try to trick your brain by putting incorrect word groupings next to each other so you waste an attempt or two trying to make them work. The shuffle button will immediately remove those specifically-placed words and can help you avoid such situations.

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Today’s Connections Category Hints

April 2 #295

Connections April 2 The word Categories in a big box with a blurred background


Before we just completely spoil the daily Connections answers we wanted to provide a few hints in the form of today’s categories. These are in order of most-straightforward to trickiest based on the game’s own information page.

A yellow Connections game bar

THRUST

A green Connections game bar

KINDS OF SNAKES

A blue Connections game bar

SEEN IN “CINDERELLA”

A purple Connections game bar

PASTA SHAPES

Today’s Connections Answers

April 2 #295

Connections April 2 The word Answers in a big box with a blurred background

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

THRUST

A yellow Connections game bar

JAB

POKE

PROD

STICK


A POKE, a JAB, a PROD, and a STICK all have a really obvious connection with each other. They also didn’t really match up with any other words in today’s game which made the yellow category a quick and easy win for us.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

KINDS OF SNAKES

A green Connections game bar

ADDER

MAMBA

BOA

MOCCASIN

ADDER and MAMBA had us a bit confused in today’s game as we thought there was some sort of fill-in-the-blank with “Black ___.” Black ADDER being an old British sitcom, Black MAMBA is a type of snake, and Black BOWTIE might have fit in there as well. Luckily we couldn’t find a fourth word so we didn’t waste any attempts and quickly noticed BOA and and MOCCASIN were also snakes.


We had no idea there was a snake called ADDER, after looking it up we became quick fans. They have some of the coolest-looking designs along their backs and are the UK’s only venomous snake. So I guess we were right about the British connection.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

SEEN IN “CINDERELLA”

A blue Connections game bar

BALL

PRINCE

PUMPKIN

SLIPPER


The blue category immediately jumped out at us today and was the first for us to score. I have two daughters and have seen every iteration of Cinderella there is. From the major Disney cartoon of the 1950s to Drew Barrymore in the 1998 movie Ever After, If there is a version of Cinderella, I’ve seen it. Even the 2007 direct-to-video Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, where Cinderella’s evil stepmother steals the Fairy Godmother’s wand and goes back in time to alter the size of the shoe so that it fits her daughter Anastasia.

Her stepmother even goes as far as to break Cinderella’s other shoe, so there’s no proof at all that it was her on the night of the ball. You think it would be over, but no! Once the Prince actually meets Anastasia he’s like, nope, this ain’t her. But then Lady Tremaine uses the want to magically convince the Prince he’s in love with her.

That was the big mistake though because those two little rats from the first movie, Jaq and Gus, they saw her do that spell so they went and told the Prince because apparently, he talks to the rats too. The rat story, and the original shoe they fixed, breaks the Prince out of his spell and he goes to wreck house on stepmother and dump Anastasia.


But stepmother ain’t hearing all that noise and turns Anastasia into a Cinderella look-a-like while trapping the real Cinderella in a pumpkin coach. Eventually, she breaks out and it turns out Anastasia doesn’t want to go through with the wedding because she knows her mom can be a bit much, so she just calls it off and tells the Prince the truth.

Cinderella makes it to the palace and stepmother tries to hit her with a spell but Prince deflects it with a magical sword, I guess, and it turns stepmother and her other daughter into toads. In true Disney fashion everyone lives happily ever after and Anastasia ends up living in the palace with Cinderella as her BFF. Anyway, that’s how I solved the blue category today.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

PASTA SHAPES

A purple Connections game bar

BOWTIE

ELBOW

TUBE

WHEEL


We’ve certainly discussed Gram-Gram’s bolognese sauce in a past Connections article so I won’t go on about how anything noodle-related is an instant win for us.

Other Games Like Connections

Before running off to watch Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, check out these other browser-based casual games.

Game Name

How To Play

Is It Free To Play?

Wordle (NYT)

Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list.

Yes

Worldle

Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints.

Yes

Nerdle

Guess the math equation and solution in six attempts.

Yes

The Password Game

Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game.

Yes

Connections NYT Game Poster

Connections

Released
June 12, 2023

Developer(s)
The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)
The New York Times Company

Genre(s)
Puzzle

ESRB
E

Platform(s)
iOS , Android , PC



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