Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #317 today, released on April 23rd, 2024, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:
- BOUNCE
- BIG
- RED
- BOOT
- BLACK
- SOIL
- TOSS
- SPLASH
- SULLY
- LAND
- BALTIC
- EARTH
- PHILIPPINE
- PHILADELPHIA
- GROUND
- EJECT

Connections 317 Group Hints Today (April 23rd, 2024)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: One group for today is “THROW OUT“.
- Hint 2: PHILLIPINE and RED are in the same group.
- Hint 3: Here is an image that will help you solve one of the groups:

- Hint 4: One group of words is “TOM HANKS MOVIES“.
What are the Connections 317 Answers Today? (4/23/24)
Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle 317 released on 23rd April 2024:
- THROW OUT – BOOT, BOUNCE, EJECT, TOSS

- TERRA FIRMA – EARTH, GROUND, LAND, SOIL

- SEAS – BALTIC, BLACK, PHILIPPINE, RED

- TOM HANKS MOVIES – BIG, PHILADELPHIA, SPLASH, SULLY

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