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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 13 (game #702).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #703) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BABE
- PSYCHE
- DRAW
- NEO
- MNEMONIC
- BOLT
- KNEE
- WICK
- TED
- HYPER
- PULL
- GNOME
- KILO
- DUMBO
- META
- SUCK
NYT Connections today (game #703) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Soak it in
- GREEN: Start of words in ancient language
- BLUE: Anthropomorphic movie stars
- PURPLE: Can’t hear the first letter
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #703) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ABSORB USING CAPILLARY ACTION
- GREEN: GREEK PREFIXES
- BLUE: TITULAR TALKING ANIMALS OF FILM
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SILENT LETTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #703) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #703, are…
- YELLOW: ABSORB USING CAPILLARY ACTION DRAW, PULL, SUCK, WICK
- GREEN: GREEK PREFIXES HYPER, KILO, META, NEO
- BLUE: TITULAR TALKING ANIMALS OF FILM BABE, BOLT, DUMBO, TED
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SILENT LETTERS GNOME, KNEE, MNEMONIC, PSYCHE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Despite making no mistakes I was unsure about every group today.
With TITULAR TALKING ANIMALS OF FILM I thought that NEO sounded like that could be a character too and was uncertain if potty-mouthed TED belonged in such child-friendly company.
For ABSORB USING CAPILLARY ACTION it was suction I had in mind and picked WICK as a total guess. And for GREEK PREFIXES, I thought we were looking for tech companies but still managed to get it right somehow.
I may have got the group STARTING WITH SILENT LETTERS, but I wasn’t looking for verbal commonalities – maybe I should think of a MNEMONIC to help me to remember to look for wordplay next time.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 13, game #702)
- YELLOW: PLACES TO SHOP BAZAAR, FAIR, MARKET, OUTLET
- GREEN: KINDS OF PIZZA HAWAIIAN, PLAIN, SUPREME, VEGGIE
- BLUE: ENDING WITH COLORS EVERGREEN, INFRARED, MARIGOLD, QUICKSILVER
- PURPLE: ____ CLEANER BATHROOM, DRY, PIPE, VACUUM
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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