HIGHLIGHTS
- Banjo in today’s NYT Connections is a stringed musical instrument that you can play by picking the strings.
- In today’s NYT Connections, The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin.
- “Interjections, Horror Movies, Titles with ‘The,’ Things You Can Pick, and Personal Property Minus ‘S’ are the NYT Connections categories for April 18, 2025.
The New York Times is not just a source for news—it also features engaging mini-games that challenge your thinking with puzzles and wordplay.
Among the several NYT games, Connections stands out the most, offering 16 fresh words daily to be grouped into four groups.
If you are a regular player in the NYT Game, you might be aware that a few words in Connections pose a daily challenge. Today’s difficult words are Banjo and Exorcist.
Answers For Today’s NYT Connections (April 18, 2025)
After closely analyzing today’s NYT Connections words, the first four words that I chose were: Boy, Goodness, Man, and Wow.
Each of these words seems to relate to one another as in expression phrases/ Interjections, like, “Wow!” “Oh, Boy!”
So, grouping out these words, I got the yellow group “Interjections“, just like I thought.
Moving ahead with the remaining words, I was quite sure Exorcist and Shining fall in the same group with titles relating to Horror movies, but I was not sure about the remaining two words.
Exorcist And Shining Meaning In NYT Connections #677
As I progressed further with the remaining words, I lost one life and finally got the green group titled Horror Movies With “The”, with words like Exorcist, Shining, Birds, and Haunting.
In today’s NYT Connections, Exorcist refers to a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin.
Likewise, Shining represents “The Shining,” a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Meanwhile, Haunting and Birds were The Haunting by Jan de Bont and The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.
Moving forward in the game, I identified the Purple group “Personal Property Minus ‘S’. “The group includes the words Belonging, Possession, Good, and Effect.
Each word forms a new term when an “S” is added at the end, changing them into references to personal property: Belongings, Possessions, Goods, and Effects.
Banjo Meaning With All Answers In NYT Connections #677
With only four words remaining at the end, I quickly grouped them out and got the blue group title “Things You Can Pick.”
In today’s NYT Connections, a banjo is a stringed musical instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame. You can play it by picking the strings.
After coloring up the grid with all answers, I was able to solve today’s NYT Connections with the following answers;
- Interjections (Yellow): Boy, Goodness, Man, Wow
- Horror Movies, With “The” (Green): Birds, Exorcist, Haunting, Shining
- Things You Can Pick (Blue): Nose, Apple, Card, Banjo
- Personal Property Minus “S” (Purple): Belonging, Effect, Good, Possession
