NYT Puzzle Solutions for May 8, 2025 - Thursday Crossword Answers Revealed
Alright, here's a fresh perspective on the May 8, 2025 Connections puzzle:
Wanna get a leg up on today's Connections game? I gotcha covered! I'll share some hints, tips, and strategies, and spoil you if you really want the answers. Read on if you're curious about today's Connections #697. Remember, these are spoilers, so proceed with caution!
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Here are some general hints for today's categories:
- Yellow - Get 'em Words Down: Verbs for expressing your thoughts on paper, like writing, scribbling, committing, or even doodling.
- Green - Game Time: Items you might find on a board game table. Yeah, you know, dice, scorecards, and maybe even a stack of cups.
- Blue - Action Heroes: Last names of famed characters notorious for chases, stunts, and heists. Think Bond, Jones, Ocean, and maybe a Reeves character.
- Purple - Sticks and Stones: A catch-all category with words related to sticks - like joy, candle, yard, or chopping something.
Now, let's dig into the highlights:
- Yellow: Scribble down the words: do, compose, pen, author, write. Keep an eye out for the ones that fit together.
- Green: Think games, dice, cups, scorecards, or pencils. There might be something missing here.
- Blue: Bond, Jones, Ocean, and a character from the John Wick series? Try them on for size.
- Purple: This one's tricky, but I bet candle, chop, joy, yard all lead to something stick-related.
Spoiler Alert!
Can't take the waiting game any longer? Let me spill the beans:
Yellow Words:
- Write, pen, author, compose
Green Words:
- Cup, dice, pencil, scorecard
Blue Words:
- Bond, Jones, Ocean, Wick
Purple Words:
- Joy, candle, yard, chopstick
Now, onto the play-by-play:
How to Play Connections:
- Sprint over to the New York Times website or the Crossword app to find the Connections game.
- Check out the gameboard with its 16 tiles, each one a word or phrase.
- Your goal is to uncover a group of four tiles that have something in common. They might be the same type of thing (like rain, sleet, hail, snow) or might involve some wordplay (like bucket, guest, top ten, wish being types of lists).
- Select your group of four and say "submit." If you're correct, the category and color will appear. (Yellow is the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple.) Get it wrong, and you'll have another shot.
- Keep going until you've snagged all four groups, or if you're stumped, make four mistakes and the beast will reveal the answers.
How to Dominate Connections:
- Familiarize yourself with the brain-wrinkling complexities of the game: categories often overlap. A previous puzzle may have seen six breakfast foods: Bacon, egg, pancake, omelet, waffle, and cereal. However, bacon turned out to be part of a group of painters (Close, munch, whistler), and egg was in a group of things that come in dozens (juror, rose, month). Never hit submit until you're 100% confident that your group of four contains only those four items.
- For stuck situations, try focusing on the seemingly unconnected words. If "whistler" only reminds you of the iconic painting, Whistler's Mother, you're probably on to something.
- Sneak a peek at these hints when you're stumped, and come back every day for fresh help!
[1] For more specific details and connections within this puzzle, visit the New York Times website or the Crossword app and investigate the challenge for yourself!
- To bookmark the page for daily hints and past puzzles, consider marking the Connections answer today page for future entertainment.
- The entertainment category for Connections #697 includes words like candle and chop, leading to possible connections with something stick-related.
- In the Yellow category, the entertainment game suggests writing down the words write, pen, author, and compose, and looking for connections between them.
- To play the Connections game today, head over to the New York Times connections answer today on the NYT website or the Crossword app.
- In the Blue entertainment category, try working with characters like Bond, Jones, Ocean, and Wick to find connections in Connections #697.
