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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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, May 1 (game #690).
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 #691) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DOG
- STATUE
- GOOSE
- PROP
- TURTLE
- BOTTLE
- WING
- BUST
- SUPPORT
- RELIEF
- BREAK
- LINK
- POST
- RIB
- TORSO
- BRACE
NYT Connections today (game #691) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Artistic chiselling
- GREEN: Sturdy uprights
- BLUE: Grill baby, grill
- PURPLE: A pain in the… ?
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 #691) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF CARVINGS
- GREEN: PILLAR
- BLUE: BBQ OFFERING
- PURPLE: __NECK
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #691) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #691, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF CARVINGS BUST, RELIEF, STATUE, TORSO
- GREEN: PILLAR BRACE, POST, PROP, SUPPORT
- BLUE: BBQ OFFERING DOG, LINK, RIB, WING
- PURPLE: __NECK BOTTLE, BREAK, GOOSE, TURTLE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
I only just made it today after suffering a bad case of “one away”.
I had BUST, STATUE, and RELIEF and knew it had something to do with art but had no idea what the fourth could be. It was the same story with TURTLE, BOTTLE, and BREAK.
The only group I had the slightest confidence in was PILLAR, but even then I thought the link between BRACE, SUPPORT and PROP was medical aids.
And as for BBQ OFFERING? I am going to have to put not understanding that down to cultural differences. I knew that BBQ DOG was an album (and also something Jeremy ate in the best episode of Peep Show) but I didn’t see the link with, erm LINK.
Despite these difficulties, a pleasing Connections to complete.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, May 1, game #690)
- YELLOW: WINNINGS POT, PRIZE, PURSE, REWARD
- GREEN: STOP, AS A HABIT BREAK, DROP, KICK, SHAKE
- BLUE: MOVIE CAMERA VERBS DOLLY, PAN, TILT, ZOOM
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT PRECEDE “-SIZE” TO MEAN SMALL BITE, FUN, POCKET, TRAVEL
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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