NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, May 8 (game #697)

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Wed, 07 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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, May 7 (game #696) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are PEN CUP JOY WICK CHOP CANDLE OCEAN DICE
YARD PENCIL AUTHOR BOND COMPOSE JONES SCORECARD WRITE NYT Connections today (game #697) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Written composition GREEN: Things used in a popular game BLUE: Film characters
PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with thick

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 #697) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: COMMIT TO PAPER GREEN: NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEE BLUE: HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE
FRANCHISES PURPLE: ___STICK

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #697) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #697, are 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 My rating: Moderate My score: 1 mistake

James BOND, Indiana JONES, and John WICK feel a lot more like HEROES OF
ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISES than Danny OCEAN, but then Connections wouldnt be Connections without at least one answer thats a bit of a stretch.

Instead of seeing the link with George Cloneys heist mastermind it was the
___ STICK quartet that jumped out when I got down to the final eight words.

My mistake came when I rushed in and put together a group of thin things
PEN, PENCIL, WICK, and CANDLE but I almost immediately saw the error of my ways.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, May 7, game #696) YELLOW: NOT INCLUDING BESIDES, BUT, EXCEPT, SAVE GREEN: GET BETTER, AS A BROKEN BONE HEAL, KNIT, MEND, RECOVER BLUE: TAROT MINOR ARCANA SUITS CUPS, PENTACLES, SWORDS, WANDS PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF GEMSTONES CHORAL, OPEL, PURL, QUARTS 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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