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 and Strands puzzles.TheNew York Times Connections puzzlemight make you hungry today. Both the yellow and green categories involve food and drink. But as usual, it's the purple category that might get to you. Or, should I say, might! Get! To! You! (That's a hint.) Read on for today's Connections hints and answers.There's also news in the Connections world. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one it's had for some time for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And 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 TimeHints for today's Connections groupsHere 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: Gimme a sub.Green group hint: Starbucks stuff.Blue group hint: Fork it over.Purple group hint: Aggressive punctuation.Answers for today's Connections groupsYellow group: Lunch orders.Green group: Used to make coffee.Blue group: Pay, with "up."Purple group: Names featuring "!"Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English WordsWhat are today's Connections answers?The yellow words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is lunch orders. The four answers are club, hero, melt and wrap.The green words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is used to make coffee. The four answers are beans, filter, grinder and water.The blue words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is pay, with "up." The four answers are ante, cough, pony and settle.The purple words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is names featuring "!" The four answers are Airplane, Jeopardy, Pink and Yahoo.