NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 3 (game #692)

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 #692) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• SMOKE
• SHELL
• FIRE
• MILK
• CREAM
• COMP
• HELL
• LIT
• SICK
• LICK
• PASTE
• NETI
• ORGO
• ILL
• WELL
• DOPE

NYT Connections today (game #692) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Amazing
• GREEN: Well beaten 
• BLUE: Drop the last two letters for link
• PURPLE: Drop the last letter for link

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 #692) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: AWESOME 
• GREEN: DEFEAT SOUNDLY 
• BLUE: "WILL" CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHE
• PURPLE: URL ENDINGS PLUS A LETTER 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #692) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #692, are…

• YELLOW: AWESOME DOPE, FIRE, LIT, SICK
• GREEN: DEFEAT SOUNDLY CREAM, LICK, PASTE, SMOKE
• BLUE: "WILL" CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHE
• HELL, ILL, SHELL, WELL
• PURPLE: URL ENDINGS PLUS A LETTER COMP, MILK, NETI, ORGO

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• My rating: Hard
• My score: 3 mistakes

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My mistakes today came in thinking that there was a cooking group. I was trying to think of some kind of food preparation that involved SHELLing, CREAMing, turning into a PASTE. To make some sauces you make a WELL in flour, so I included that. I had MILK for another guess and FIRE in another.

Fortunately, I saw sense and more importantly the various slang words for AWESOME and DEFEAT SOUNDLY.

I see the “WILL CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHE" (He’ll, I’ll, She’ll, We’ll) now, but in truth I put them together because they all ended LL.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 2, game #691)

• YELLOW: KINDS OF CARVINGS BUST, RELIEF, STATUE, TORSO
• GREEN: PILLAR BRACE, POST, PROP, SUPPORT
• BLUE: BBQ OFFERING DOG, LINK, RIB, WING
• PURPLE: __NECK BOTTLE, BREAK, GOOSE, TURTLE

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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.