NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, May 16 (game #705)

Date:
Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? 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 15 (game #704) .

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 #705) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are RODEO HOURGLASS KUBRICK SUNSET TREE SCRAP WALL STREET VINE MICHAEL JORDAN HOLLYWOOD HERB TAURUS END SHRUB NEUROPLASTIC DISSOLVE NYT Connections today (game #705) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Greenery GREEN: Its over BLUE: An animal connects them PURPLE: Hidden raw materials

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 #705) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: KINDS OF PLANTS GREEN: DISCONTINUE BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH BULLS PURPLE: ENDING WITH BUILDING MATERIALS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #705) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #705, are YELLOW: KINDS OF PLANTS HERB, SHRUB, TREE, VINE GREEN: DISCONTINUE DISSOLVE, END, SCRAP, SUNSET BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH BULLS MICHAEL JORDAN, RODEO, TAURUS, WALL STREET PURPLE: ENDING WITH BUILDING MATERIALS HOLLYWOOD, HOURGLASS, KUBRICK, NEUROPLASTIC My rating: Moderate My score: 1 mistake

Seeing HOLLYWOOD and VINE beside each other along with SUNSET convinced me we were looking for famous Los Angeles streets.

Unable to think of a fourth I added KUBRICK to the group, reasoning that the great director must have a road named after him somewhere it turns out he does, but Stanley Kubrick Avenue is in Denham just outside of London, England rather than California.

After this ding I went for the more obvious KINDS OF PLANTS and DISCONTINUE which discontinued my search for streets.

I failed to see the very obvious connection with MICHAEL JORDAN and BULLS a classic Connections group of four very different things with something in common but instead saw the less obvious ENDING WITH BUILDING MATERIALS after staring at the word HOURGLASS for far too long.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, May 15, game #704) YELLOW: RATIONALE BASIS, FOUNDATION, GROUNDS, REASON GREEN: TYPES OF SNOW CRUST, ICE, POWDER, SLUSH BLUE: LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS OPERA TITLES BESS, BUTTERFLY, FLUTE, SEVILLE PURPLE: REAL ___ DEAL, ESTATE, MADRID, WORLD 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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