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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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, May 8 (game #697).
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 #698) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DIM
- SUM
- PRODUCT
- SHADE
- COLOR
- DRAPE
- REMOTE
- DIFFERENCE
- CONTRAST
- FAINT
- SHUTTER
- TINT
- QUOTIENT
- BLIND
- BRIGHTNESS
- VAGUE
NYT Connections today (game #698) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pass the remote
- GREEN: Faded
- BLUE: Mathematics
- PURPLE: Curtain for certain
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 #698) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TV DISPLAY SETTINGS
- GREEN: FUZZY, AS A MEMORY
- BLUE: RESULTS OF SOME ARITHMETIC
- PURPLE: WINDOW TREATMENTS IN THE SINGULAR
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #698) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #698, are…
- YELLOW: TV DISPLAY SETTINGS BRIGHTNESS, COLOR, CONTRAST, TINT
- GREEN: FUZZY, AS A MEMORY DIM, FAINT, REMOTE, VAGUE
- BLUE: RESULTS OF SOME ARITHMETIC DIFFERENCE, PRODUCT, QUOTIENT, SUM
- PURPLE: WINDOW TREATMENTS IN THE SINGULAR BLIND, DRAPE, SHADE, SHUTTER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I’m all for thinking I’m clever, brushing that imaginary dust off my shoulder, putting a book on my head and pretending I’m a genius, etc but today’s so-called hardest group was not exactly hard?
Or, hang on, maybe I am a genius?! Or perhaps the good people at Connections HQ want to give us all the buzz of getting a purple group?
Not that the other colors were that much harder, although QUOTIENT is not a word you hear very often. When you do, it’s usually in association with PRODUCT, SUM and DIFFERENCE, as they all represent answers.
I’m fully expecting Connections to take revenge on us all tomorrow.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, May 8, game #697)
- YELLOW: COMMIT TO PAPER AUTHOR, COMPOSE, PEN, WRITE
- GREEN: NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEE CUP, DICE, PENCIL, SCORECARD
- BLUE: HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISES BOND, JONES, OCEAN, WICK
- PURPLE: ___STICK CANDLE, CHOP, JOY, YARD
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.
