Today’s NYT ‘Connections’ Hints And Answers For Friday, May 24

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Hey, folks! Happy Friday. The weekend’s right around the corner, but we’ve got one more round of Connections in the meantime.

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.

How To Play Connections

In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.

There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.

Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.

If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.

What Are Today’s Connections Hints?

Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.

Today’s 16 words are:

• SEA
• SMILE
• EGG
• CORN
• CHEESE
• CHUMP
• PIPE
• SAP
• DRAIN
• KNUCKLES
• LOOSE
• DUCT
• SCHMALTZ
• CLIMATE
• SEWER
• WINDOW

And the hints for today’s groups are:

1. Yellow group — they make it easier to get rid of unwanted water
2. Green group — saccharine snacks, perhaps
3. Blue group — CODE and BONES would fit here
4. Purple group — (couldn’t resist this one)

What Are Today’s Connections Groups?

Need some extra help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Today’s groups are…

• Yellow group — conduits for water removal
• Green group — food products associated with sentimentality
• Blue group — things to crack
• Purple group — ____ change

What Are Today’s Connections Answers?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.

This is your final warning!

Today’s Connections answers are…

• Yellow group — conduits for water removal (DRAIN, DUCT, PIPE, SEWER)
• Green group — food products associated with sentimentality (CHEESE, CORN, SAP, SCHMALTZ)
• Blue group — things to crack (EGG, KNUCKLES, SMILE, WINDOW)
• Purple group — ____ change (CHUMP, CLIMATE, LOOSE, SEA)

I was pleased to get a perfect game to extend my streak to three wins in a row.

I got the yellow group first with no issues. Although I somehow didn’t realize SCHMALTZ was a type of food, the purple group was easy enough.

I then thought there might have been a group of sandwiches (EGG and KNUCKLES), but I quickly pinpointed the greens and blues for victory.

That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Saturday’s game if you need them.

P.S. I listened to Arlo Parks’ first album a few times yesterday and kept coming back to “Black Dog,” a song about mental health. I find it absolutely stunning.