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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 19 (game #708).
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 #709) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LEDGER
- DAY
- BROWN
- HORSE
- WATER
- HARDY
- LOG
- MURPHY
- BALE
- DREW
- CANOPY
- RECORD
- TROUGH
- REGISTER
- HOLMES
- PITCHFORK
NYT Connections today (game #709) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Written down
- GREEN: Found in the same farm building
- BLUE: Family friendly sleuths
- PURPLE: Add a word you sleep on
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 #709) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ACCOUNT BOOK
- GREEN: SEEN IN A BARN
- BLUE: DETECTIVES OF KID-LIT
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “BED”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #709) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #709, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
After getting ACCOUNT BOOK fairly quickly I fell down a hole.
First, I managed to convince myself that Tom HARDY, Christian BALE, Eddie MURPHY, and Katie HOLMES had all appeared in a film together. They haven’t, but Hardy and Bale both starred in The Dark Knight Rises of course.
I wasted another stab in the dark by swapping out Murphy and Holmes for BROWN and DAY without truly knowing why.
Ditching this wild goose chase, I got on the right track with BALE, HORSE and PITCHFORK, but had WATER instead of TROUGH. It was then a case of basic-level deduction to find DETECTIVES OF KID-LIT
I got there in the end. Phew!
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, May 19, game #708)
- YELLOW: FUNDRAISING EVENT BALL, BENEFIT, FUNCTION, GALA
- GREEN: SPACES ON A MONOPOLY BOARD AVENUE, CHANCE, RAILROAD, UTILITY
- BLUE: FEATURES OF A TOOTHED WHALE BLUBBER, FLIPPER, FLUKE, MELON
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE FOOT BAWL, HEAL, SOUL, TOW
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.
