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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 20 (game #709).
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 #710) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TRASH
- PATCH
- LAPTOP
- BAR
- REFUSE
- MUSIC
- COMPACT
- DESKTOP
- CLAM
- BLOCK
- TABLET
- PICTURES
- CREAM
- WAFFLE IRON
- DENY
- SPRAY
NYT Connections today (game #710) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: No way in
- GREEN: Computer storage
- BLUE: Pharmacy products
- PURPLE: Type of hinge
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 #710) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PROHIBIT, AS ENTRY
- GREEN: FOLDERS ON A MAC
- BLUE: MEDICINE FORMATS
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT OPEN LIKE A CLAM
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #710) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #710, are…
- YELLOW: PROHIBIT, AS ENTRY BAR, BLOCK, DENY, REFUSE
- GREEN: FOLDERS ON A MAC DESKTOP, MUSIC, PICTURES, TRASH
- BLUE: MEDICINE FORMATS CREAM, PATCH, SPRAY, TABLET
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT OPEN LIKE A CLAM CLAM, COMPACT, LAPTOP, WAFFLE IRON
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I found this Connections to be the easiest for a while – possibly because I own a MacBook that opens like a clam, and I’m forever blocking people, and I take a lot of medicine.
Including CLAM in the category THINGS THAT OPEN LIKE A CLAM seems like a bit of a cheat and not a very Connections thing to do, but I’m struggling to think what could take its place other than describing very particular brands of backpack that open that way rather than the traditional duffel bag style.
Still, it helped me get a purple group very early, which made me feel clever, so zero complaints from me.
I’m guessing that some PC users may have found FOLDERS ON A MAC puzzling through pure dint of the fact that they find anything to do with a Mac puzzling.
As a user of both operating systems I can reveal that having a “recycle bin” instead of TRASH aside they are both the same. Especially if you are just using them to play Connections on!
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 20, game #709)
- YELLOW: ACCOUNT BOOK LEDGER, LOG, RECORD, REGISTER
- GREEN: SEEN IN A BARN BALE, HORSE, PITCHFORK, TROUGH
- BLUE: DETECTIVES OF KID-LIT BROWN, DREW, HARDY, HOLMES
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “BED” CANOPY, DAY, MURPHY, WATER
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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