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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 30 (game #719).
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 #720) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RASPBERRY
- CAVITY
- PROOF
- FERMENT
- PLAQUE
- BUBBLE
- CERTIFICATE
- REST
- RECESS
- KISS
- HOLLOW
- MEDAL
- FUSE
- RISE
- TROPHY
- NOOK
NYT Connections today (game #720) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Inlet
- GREEN: Honor
- BLUE: Baking
- PURPLE: Think: Opposite of suck
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 #720) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ALCOVE
- GREEN: WAYS TO RECOGNIZE ACHIEVEMENT
- BLUE: VERBS IN BREADMAKING
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN BLOW
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #720) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #720, are…
- 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
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
I got the purple group today by thinking it was something to do with music legend Prince, rather than THINGS YOU CAN BLOW. I was so determined that I made two mistakes before I finally fluked together a correct group of four.
Fortunately, by this point I’d already guessed the words that made up ALCOVE and WAYS TO RECOGNIZE ACHIEVEMENT, so the pool of words was limited.
My thinking was that RASPBERRY (as in Raspberry Beret) and KISS were both Prince songs and, well he was so prolific he must have a song with BUBBLE in the title (he didn’t) or FUSE (he didn’t). All, quite a stretch, especially as the actual answer was much easier.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 30, game #719)
- YELLOW: RODS BAT, CLUB, STAFF, STICK
- GREEN: THEY’RE ON A ROLL! FOIL, RIBBON, TAPE, TOILET PAPER
- BLUE: COMMON SWAG ITEMS HAT, TEE, TOTE, WATER BOTTLE
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “SHACK” CADDY, LOVE, RADIO, SHAKE
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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