NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, May 18 (game #707)

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Sat, 17 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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 17 (game #706) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are ALMOST ATHLETIC OPEN CLOSE WARM FLEXIBLE EXCELLENT EXERCISE AREA DRILL ONE GAME EASY ASSIGNMENT NOT QUITE LESSON NYT Connections today (game #707) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Testing times GREEN: Hide and seek BLUE: Relaxed and not easily upset PURPLE: First letter of the alphabet

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 #707) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: TASKS FOR A STUDENT GREEN: ENCOURAGING RESPONSES IN A GUESSING GAME BLUE: UP FOR ANYTHING PURPLE: WHAT "A" MIGHT MEAN

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #707) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #707, are YELLOW: TASKS FOR A
STUDENT ASSIGNMENT, DRILL, EXERCISE, LESSON GREEN: ENCOURAGING RESPONSES IN A GUESSING GAME ALMOST, CLOSE, NOT QUITE, WARM BLUE: UP FOR ANYTHING EASY, FLEXIBLE, GAME, OPEN PURPLE: WHAT "A" MIGHT MEAN AREA, ATHLETIC, EXCELLENT, ONE My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

A rare day for me without mysteries, getting things right by getting them wrong (as in, right words no idea why) or nit picking over annoyingly named categories.

My only doubt was with TASKS FOR A STUDENT, which I momentarily thought were about physical training and included GAME instead of ASSIGNMENT.

Meanwhile, I would have guessed ALMOST, CLOSE, NOT QUITE and WARM were describing being near to something, rather than ENCOURAGING RESPONSES IN A GUESSING GAME, having forgotten all about the childhood games to which they applied.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, May 17, game #706) YELLOW: MEMBER OF A KINGDOM IN TAXONOMY ANIMAL, BACTERIA, FUNGUS, PLANT GREEN: GRADUATED INSTRUMENTS BEAKER, PROTRACTOR, RULER, SYRINGE BLUE: KINDS OF PENGUINS CHINSTRAP,
EMPEROR, KING, MACARONI PURPLE: "E" THINGS COMMERCE, MAIL, SCOOTER, SIGNATURE 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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