NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 27 (game #716)

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 #716) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• CAROUSEL
• CANDELABRA
• COASTER
• CLOCK
• SLIDE
• GATE
• RECORD
• TEACUP
• BEAST
• PICK
• LOUNGE
• PANCAKE
• STRUM
• FRISBEE
• BEND
• FOOD COURT

NYT Connections today (game #716) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Circular
• GREEN: As seen at LAX
• BLUE: Ways to play with six strings 
• PURPLE: Be Our Guest

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 #716) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: ROUND FLAT THINGS 
• GREEN: AIRPORT FEATURES 
• BLUE: GUITAR PLAYING TECHNIQUES 
• PURPLE: WHAT CHARACTERS WERE TRANSFORMED INTO IN "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" 

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

NYT Connections today (game #716) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #716, are…

• YELLOW: ROUND FLAT THINGS COASTER, FRISBEE, PANCAKE, RECORD
• GREEN: AIRPORT FEATURES CAROUSEL, FOOD COURT, GATE, LOUNGE
• BLUE: GUITAR PLAYING TECHNIQUES BEND, PICK, SLIDE, STRUM
• PURPLE: WHAT CHARACTERS WERE TRANSFORMED INTO IN "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" BEAST, CANDELABRA, CLOCK, TEACUP

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• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 mistake

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You could argue that a FRISBEE isn’t strictly flat, unlike the other three ROUND FLAT THINGS, but it’s close enough and this yellow was an easy spot, before I had to do some thinking.

My mistake came in putting together a group of fairground rides – SLIDE, CAROUSEL, TEACUP and BEAST. Of these, BEAST was the one that didn’t feel right – so I began thinking of other things that it could mean and after dismissing Mr as the link landed on Beauty & The Beast and some of the other characters in the fairytale.

STRUM, SLIDE and PICK both felt like they had something to do with guitars but I took a risk with BEND, having completely overlooked the much more obvious AIRPORT FEATURES.

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

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, May 26, game #715)

• YELLOW: ITEMS IN A LINEN CLOSET PILLOWCASE, SHEET, TOWEL, WASHCLOTH
• GREEN: DIAMETRIC COUNTER, OPPOSITE, POLAR, REVERSE
• BLUE: LINGERIE GARTER, HOSE, SLIP, TEDDY
• PURPLE: CARD GAMES WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED DIN, FRIDGE, GUMMY, JOKER

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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.