NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, May 30 (game #719)

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 #719) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• TAPE
• RADIO
• WATER BOTTLE
• CLUB
• STICK
• CADDY
• SHAKE
• HAT
• TEE
• STAFF
• TOILET PAPER
• BAT
• RIBBON
• TOTE
• LOVE
• FOIL

NYT Connections today (game #719) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Types of pole
• GREEN: All wrapped around a cylinder
• BLUE: Free stuff
• PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “back”

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 #719) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: RODS 
• GREEN: THEY'RE ON A ROLL! 
• BLUE: COMMON SWAG ITEMS 
• PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "SHACK"

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

NYT Connections today (game #719) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #719, are…

• YELLOW: RODS BAT, CLUB, STAFF, STICK
• GREEN: THEY'RE ON A ROLL! FOIL, RIBBON, TAPE, TOILET PAPER
• BLUE: COMMON SWAG ITEMS HAT, TEE, TOTE, WATER BOTTLE
• PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "SHACK" CADDY, LOVE, RADIO, SHAKE

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• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 mistake

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By COMMON SWAG ITEMS I’m guessing Connections means free stuff companies give away with their logo on that you will use once then put in a cupboard somewhere and forget about.

Or, in the case of a WATER BOTTLE or mug, take into work and add to all the other “swag items” your colleagues have also brought to work because they don’t want them around the home.

I wasn’t thinking about this, though, when I put the group together; I thought it was things to take to the beach and wrongly I had RADIO instead of TEE.

Radio was also my blind spot that stopped me from seeing WORDS BEFORE “SHACK”, a group which contained one of the best comedies of all time and a lethal earworm which will be in my head for days without having to play it – stay away fools!

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

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, May 29, game #718)

• YELLOW: SALUTE APPLAUD, HAIL, HONOR, PRAISE
• GREEN: SUITABLE APT, FIT, PROPER, RIGHT
• BLUE: VERBS FOR FINISHING DONUTS FROST, GLAZE, POWDER, SPRINKLE
• PURPLE: WHAT "BUFF" MIGHT MEAN ENTHUSIAST, MUSCULAR, NUDE, POLISH

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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.