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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 12 (game #701).
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 #702) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BAZAAR
- SUPREME
- VACUUM
- VEGGIE
- EVERGREEN
- BATHROOM
- FAIR
- HAWAIIAN
- PIPE
- INFRARED
- PLAIN
- OUTLET
- MARIGOLD
- MARKET
- DRY
- QUICKSILVER
NYT Connections today (game #702) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Buy stuff here
- GREEN: Types of slice
- BLUE: Words with colorful endings
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “meaner”
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 #702) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PLACES TO SHOP
- GREEN: KINDS OF PIZZA
- BLUE: ENDING WITH COLORS
- PURPLE: ____ CLEANER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #702) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #702, are…
- 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
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I like getting the Connections groups in order of difficulty. I feel like my brain is slowly ratcheting through the gears in preparation of the hardest quartets.
However, I can’t deny that I also feel a sense of disappointment when I get yellow first – especially on a day when all four seemed equally easy!
The only group I felt doubt over was KINDS OF PIZZA, but this was due to cultural differences. PLAIN pizza is not something that exists in the UK, although I’m guessing it means cheese and tomato as opposed to dough with absolutely nothing on it.
I met someone at a festival a couple of years ago who ran a pizza restaurant and he said that he banned anyone who asked for a HAWAIIAN or pineapple on their pizza.
This seems incredibly snobbish and harsh, as cheese, pineapple and ham is a classic combo – or at least it was in the 1970s, when each of them would be found together on a cocktail stick. And as we know all the best food originates from the 1970s!
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, May 12, game #701)
- 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
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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