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.So the purple category in the NYT Connections puzzle was kind of entertaining today, but if you don't know a certain probability puzzle involving a certain game-show host, you're going to think the puzzle makers are off their rockers. Click here if you want to know what I'm talking about. Read on for today's Connections hints and answers.The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one 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: Conditioned by something else.Green group hint: Cool itBlue group hint: Cheers!Purple group hint: Game-show brain teaserAnswers for today's Connections groupsYellow group: Be contingent (on)Green group: "Calm down"Blue group: Ingredients in an old fashionedPurple group: Featured in the Monty Hall problemRead 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 be contingent (on). The four answers are depend, hinge, rely and rest.The green words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is "calm down." The four answers are chill, easy, enough and relax.The blue words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is ingredients in an old fashioned. The four answers are bitters, orange, rye and sugar.The purple words in today's ConnectionsThe theme is featured in the Monty Hall problem. The four answers are car, door, goat and host.