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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, May 23 (game #712) .
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 #713) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
WALKER
JET
STROLLER
JOGGER
NET
HOOKS
RANGER
MONITOR
BUTLER
MET
BOTTLE
SLACK
GAY
CAPRI
JEAN
BIB
NYT Connections today (game #713) – hint #1 – group hints What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Stuff for little onesGREEN: Add a letter for popular trousersBLUE: Big Apple playersPURPLE: Famous female writers
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 #713) – hint #2 – group answers What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: BABY GEAR GREEN: KINDS OF PANTS MINUS “S” BLUE: NEW YORK SPORTS TEAM MEMBERS PURPLE: BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #713) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #713, are…
YELLOW: BABY GEAR BIB, BOTTLE, MONITOR, STROLLERGREEN: KINDS OF PANTS MINUS “S” CAPRI, JEAN, JOGGER, SLACKBLUE: NEW YORK SPORTS TEAM MEMBERS JET, MET, NET, RANGERPURPLE: BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS BUTLER, GAY, HOOKS, WALKER
My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
I’m sure I wasn’t alone in toying with JOGGER, STROLLER, and WALKER – which in my mind are all varieties of baby buggy. Fortunately I didn’t find a fourth option so I switched focus.
Even though I’m in the UK and do not follow US sports, the branding of many teams is global and it’s probably easier to get jerseys for the METS, JETS, NETS and RANGERS in London than in some US cities. So the blue group was easy to see – easier than the purple group, which contained several BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS that I was ignorant of.
Fortunately by this point I’d connected KINDS OF PANTS MINUS “S” and BABY GEAR.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 23, game #712)
YELLOW: QUITE THE PARTY BASH, BLAST, BLOWOUT, RAVEGREEN: ONE’S CONSTITUTION CHARACTER, FIBER, MAKEUP, NATUREBLUE: BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS OF WEIGHT DRAM, OUNCE, POUND, STONEPURPLE: WHAT “CAT’S EYE” CAN BE USED TO DESCRIBE EYELINER, GLASSES, MARBLE, NEBULA
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.
