a category. It’s a simple yet challenging game that can test your wits as well as your vocabulary skills. So, without any further ado, here are the answers and hints for today’s NYT Connections #697 for May 8, 2025.
Today’s NYT Connections #697 Hints for May 8, 2025
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- Yellow category hint: The Act of putting thoughts into words
- Green category hint: Items used in playing Yahtzee
- Blue category hint: Names of iconic characters in Action Movies
- Purple category hint: Words that end with stick
Did you guess all the words? Let’s take a look at them below.
Today’s NYT Connections #697 Answer for May 8, 2025
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- Yellow Category: Author, Compose, Pen, Write (Words related to writing)
- Green Category: Cup, Dice, Pencil, Scorecard (Things needed for playing Yahtzee)
- Blue Category: Bond, Jones, Ocean, Wick (Last names of Action movie heroes)
- Purple Category: Candle, Chop, Joy, Yard (Words that precede a stick)
What do you think of today’s NYT Connections puzzle?
How to Play NYT Connections
Playing NYT Connections is pretty straightforward, as you need to group four similar words in a single group. However, the difficulty increases, with the yellow category being the easiest and purple being the hardest. The green category refers to moderate difficulty while blue is complex, being one notch above.
There are 16 words in each puzzle, and there is a theme for each group, although the puzzle doesn’t reveal it. You only get four chances to correctly guess every group meaning; you can have four incorrect guesses, so use them wisely. If the answer is correct, you can move on to the next group otherwise, you are stuck with the same one.
Moreover, just like Wordle, Connections refreshes every 24 hours, so you will need to wait till the next day for a fresh one. Also, if you guess incorrectly, there’s no way to play the game again, and it will simply reveal the correct results.
While playing the game itself does not require an NYT connection, you will need to create one if you wish to track your progress. You can also share your results by copying them to the clipboard and pasting them wherever you want.
