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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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 31 (game #720).
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 #721) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DIVE
- SLUSH
- FENCE
- LOCK
- SWIM
- HEDGE
- ICE
- HAUNT
- MUTUAL
- GUARANTEE
- JOINT
- RIDE
- CINCH
- SHOOT
- TRUST
- ESTABLISHMENT
NYT Connections today (game #721) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A bar you know
- GREEN: Multi-sport
- BLUE: In the bag
- PURPLE: A pool of money
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 #721) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LOCAL WATERING HOLE
- GREEN: COMPETE IN A MODERN PENTATHLON
- BLUE: ENSURE, AS A VICTORY
- PURPLE: ___ FUND
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #721) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #721, are…
- YELLOW: LOCAL WATERING HOLE DIVE, ESTABLISHMENT, HAUNT, JOINT
- GREEN: COMPETE IN A MODERN PENTATHLON FENCE, RIDE, SHOOT, SWIM
- BLUE: ENSURE, AS A VICTORY CINCH, GUARANTEE, ICE, LOCK
- PURPLE: ___ FUND HEDGE, MUTUAL, SLUSH, TRUST
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
As a big fan of multi-sport competitions I got COMPETE IN A MODERN PENTATHLON quickly, as these are all events in that particular Olympic sport.
It’s called the modern pentathlon to distinguish it from the ancient pentathlon, but in truth it’s not very modern anymore. It’s a bit like someone calling a typewriter a modern pencil.
In my opinion there should be more of these tests of sporting ability – I remember a brief attempt at marketing a chessboxing hybrid a while back and there is of course the triathlon, but why stop there?
Combining table games, athletics and martial arts creates hundreds of watchable possibilities; who wouldn’t want to watch Jenga-Pole Vault-Judo?
Getting the hardest group, comprising of four funds, early was a thrill for me today, tempered slightly by the fact that I don’t understand the blue group ENSURE, AS A VICTORY at all – just like I didn’t understand it a year ago when the exact same group appeared in Connections #340.
Back then, in May 2024, it was a green group so I don’t think I’m alone in struggling to see where ICE fits in.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, May 31, game #720)
- YELLOW: ALCOVE CAVITY, HOLLOW, NOOK, RECESS
- GREEN: WAYS TO RECOGNIZE ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATE, MEDAL, PLAQUE, TROPHY
- BLUE: VERBS IN BREADMAKING FERMENT, PROOF, REST, RISE
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN BLOW BUBBLE, FUSE, KISS, RASPBERRY
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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