Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 4, #846

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The purple category in today's NYT Connections puzzle might make you hungry. The puzzle is not too tough, but if you need help, you're in the right place. Read on for clues and today's Connections 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. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Hints for today's Connections groups

Here 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: Don't rip your pants!

Green group hint: Weather that will mess up your hair.

Blue group hint: Rearrange letters.

Purple group hint: A blue Muppet eats these.