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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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, May 11 (game #700).
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 #701) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- VISIT
- BANK
- WALLET
- HIT
- SMACK
- ATM
- CASH REGISTER
- BOUNCE
- CLICK
- TIP JAR
- PURSE
- CAROM
- CURL
- PAGE VIEW
- RICOCHET
- PUCKER
NYT Connections today (game #701) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cash holders
- GREEN: Coming back again
- BLUE: Users is another
- PURPLE: Kiss chase!
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 #701) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PLACES TO FIND PAPER MONEY
- GREEN: REBOUND
- BLUE: THINGS TRACKED BY WEB ANALYTICS
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIPS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #701) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #701, are…
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIPS CURL, PUCKER, PURSE, SMACK
- BLUE: THINGS TRACKED BY WEB ANALYTICS CLICK, HIT, PAGE VIEW, VISIT
- GREEN: REBOUND BANK, BOUNCE, CAROM, RICOCHET
- YELLOW: PLACES TO FIND PAPER MONEY ATM, CASH REGISTER, TIP JAR, WALLET
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
I solved today’s NYT Connections in the hallowed ‘reverse rainbow’ order, but it was tough going.
Those dastardly puzzle setters at the NYT threw in plenty of red herrings, with PLACES TO FIND PAPER MONEY a particular problem. It all looked so easy early on – I spotted ATM, CASH REGISTER, TIP JAR and WALLET right away. But I also had PURSE and BANK, and couldn’t decide which four of those six went together.
My idea was that they would be ‘places you can keep money’ – meaning BANK would be in there, but not TIP JAR or ATM – or ‘places you can get money from’, which would mean including BANK and PURSE, but not TIP JAR or CASH REGISTER (unless you are a store assistant, of course).
After two mistakes on that yellow group I moved on, and solved the more difficult purple, blue and green groups, meaning I got the supposedly easiest one last by default. Maybe my brain was just working backwards today.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, May 11, game #700)
- YELLOW: MAKE HAPPY DELIGHT, PLEASE, SUIT, TICKLE
- GREEN: EVADE DODGE, DUCK, SHAKE, SKIRT
- BLUE: COMMON VIDEO GAME FEATURES BOSS, HEALTH, LEVEL, POWER-UP
- PURPLE: MOTHER ___ EARTH, GOOSE, MAY I, SUPERIOR
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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