The New York Times' Connections game, a daily word puzzle, challenges players to identify thematic links between seemingly unrelated words. The April 18th puzzle presented unique difficulties, requiring critical thinking and linguistic knowledge to sort 16 words into four distinct categories.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #678, on April 19.

Every day, a new Connections puzzle appears on the New York Times Games site, and this one is a doozy which means you might need some help with it.