With daily colour-coded categories ranging from Yellow (easiest) to Purple (hardest), Connections continues to test lateral thinking and vocabulary agility in equal measure.

Connections is released at midnight in your time zone. In order to accommodate all time zones, there will be two Connections Companions live every day, dated based on Eastern Standard Time. If you find yourself on the wrong companion, check the number of your puzzle and go to this page to find the corresponding companion.

Many players thought today's NYT connections game was 'easy', with some even getting a perfect score, but we've got some hints if you need them