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 18 (game #707).
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 #708) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
MELONBALLCHANCEBAWLSOULBLUBBERFUNCTIONFLUKEUTILITYTOWAVENUEBENEFITFLIPPERRAILROADGALAHEAL
NYT Connections today (game #708) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Big bashGREEN: Do not pass Go BLUE: Parts of a marine mammal PURPLE: Sound like body parts
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 #708) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: FUNDRAISING EVENT GREEN: SPACES ON A MONOPOLY BOARD BLUE: FEATURES OF A TOOTHED WHALE PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE FOOT
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #708) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #708, are…
YELLOW: FUNDRAISING EVENT BALL, BENEFIT, FUNCTION, GALAGREEN: SPACES ON A MONOPOLY BOARD AVENUE, CHANCE, RAILROAD, UTILITYBLUE: FEATURES OF A TOOTHED WHALE BLUBBER, FLIPPER, FLUKE, MELONPURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE FOOT BAWL, HEAL, SOUL, TOW
My rating: ModerateMy score: 1 mistake
After getting FUNDRAISING EVENT quite quickly I struggled to move forward and started shuffling the 12 remaining words. First, I thought that there was a group where luck was the connection – but I couldn’t get beyond FLUKE and CHANCE.
Then I guessed that BLUBBER and FLIPPER must be part of a group to do with marine biology. Out of sheer luck I added FLUKE and BAWL and got “one away”, so swapped the latter for MELON – which I now know is the name given for the tissue found in the foreheads of toothed whales. Every day’s a school day.
I am of course kicking myself with my heel, sole and toes that I didn’t get the relatively straightforward HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE FOOT.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, May 18, game #707)
YELLOW: TASKS FOR A STUDENT ASSIGNMENT, DRILL, EXERCISE, LESSONGREEN: ENCOURAGING RESPONSES IN A GUESSING GAME ALMOST, CLOSE, NOT QUITE, WARMBLUE: UP FOR ANYTHING EASY, FLEXIBLE, GAME, OPENPURPLE: WHAT “A” MIGHT MEAN AREA, ATHLETIC, EXCELLENT, ONE
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.