NEW YORK — The New York Times released its latest Connections puzzle at midnight local time Saturday, featuring a mix of smartphone sounds, photography terms, sea creatures and a culturally themed purple category.

Many players rated Puzzle No. 1224 as relatively easy, though the purple group may still require some outside knowledge. Below are hints for each category, followed by the full solution. Readers who want to avoid spoilers should stop before the answers section.

How Connections works

Connections presents a grid of 16 words that players must sort into four groups of four based on a shared theme. Each puzzle has only one correct solution.

The groups are color-coded by difficulty: yellow is the easiest, followed by green, blue and purple, the hardest. Players can make four mistakes before the game ends.

The 16 words on Saturday's board are: BREA, KING, SNAP, PING,........

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