NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, May 21 (game #710)

Date:
Tue, 20 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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 20 (game #709) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are TRASH PATCH LAPTOP BAR REFUSE MUSIC COMPACT DESKTOP CLAM BLOCK TABLET PICTURES CREAM WAFFLE IRON DENY SPRAY NYT Connections today (game #710) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: No way in GREEN: Computer storage BLUE: Pharmacy products PURPLE: Type of hinge

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 #710) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PROHIBIT, AS ENTRY GREEN: FOLDERS ON A MAC BLUE: MEDICINE FORMATS PURPLE: THINGS THAT OPEN LIKE A CLAM

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #710) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #710, are YELLOW: PROHIBIT, AS ENTRY BAR, BLOCK, DENY, REFUSE GREEN: FOLDERS ON A MAC DESKTOP, MUSIC, PICTURES, TRASH BLUE: MEDICINE FORMATS CREAM, PATCH, SPRAY, TABLET PURPLE: THINGS THAT OPEN LIKE A CLAM CLAM, COMPACT, LAPTOP, WAFFLE IRON My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

I found this Connections to be the easiest for a while possibly because I
own a MacBook that opens like a clam, and I'm forever blocking people, and I take a lot of medicine.

Including CLAM in the category THINGS THAT OPEN LIKE A CLAM seems like a bit of a cheat and not a very Connections thing to do, but Im struggling to think what could take its place other than describing very particular brands of backpack that open that way rather than the traditional duffel bag style.

Still, it helped me get a purple group very early, which made me feel clever, so zero complaints from me.

Im guessing that some PC users may have found FOLDERS ON A MAC puzzling through pure dint of the fact that they find anything to do with a Mac puzzling.

As a user of both operating systems I can reveal that having a recycle bin instead of TRASH aside they are both the same. Especially if you are just using them to play Connections on!

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 20, game #709) YELLOW: ACCOUNT BOOK LEDGER, LOG, RECORD, REGISTER GREEN: SEEN IN A BARN BALE, HORSE, PITCHFORK, TROUGH BLUE: DETECTIVES OF KID-LIT BROWN, DREW, HARDY, HOLMES PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "BED" CANOPY, DAY, MURPHY, WATER 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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