NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 10 (game #699)

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 #699) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• BEANS
• MINUS
• LOVE
• ENERGY
• ZIP
• BEST
• COMIC
• SANS
• SINCERELY
• WANTING
• BACON
• SUNSET
• ABSENT
• LANDING
• CHEERS
• PEP

NYT Connections today (game #699) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Dear endings
• GREEN: Missing something
• BLUE: Full of it 
• PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “grip”

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 #699) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: LETTER SIGN-OFFS
• GREEN: WITHOUT 
• BLUE: VIGOR 
• PURPLE: __ STRIP 

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

NYT Connections today (game #699) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #699, are…

• YELLOW: LETTER SIGN-OFFS BEST, CHEERS, LOVE, SINCERELY
• GREEN: WITHOUT ABSENT, MINUS, SANS, WANTING
• BLUE: VIGOR BEANS, ENERGY, PEP, ZIP
• PURPLE: __ STRIP BACON, COMIC, LANDING, SUNSET

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• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

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I had cooked breakfast on my mind today, so I’m annoyed that i didn’t get the purple group and particularly BACON STRIP.

That said, this was quite a straightforward game, missing any of the normal traps. Indeed you could say it was ABSENT, MINUS, SANS and WANTING of its usual trickery, with Comic Sans the only gag pairing (unless I missed one).

Out of the four groups, the one that was ranked easiest – LETTER SIGN-OFFS – had the potential to be the trickiest considering how old-fashioned ending a letter SINCERELY is.

It doesn’t seem that long ago that I’d wrestle over writing that or faithfully at the end of job applications. Now, BEST is the only way to go – or whatever our AI pals think.

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

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 9, game #698)

• YELLOW: TV DISPLAY SETTINGS BRIGHTNESS, COLOR, CONTRAST, TINT
• GREEN: FUZZY, AS A MEMORY DIM, FAINT, REMOTE, VAGUE
• BLUE: RESULTS OF SOME ARITHMETIC DIFFERENCE, PRODUCT, QUOTIENT, SUM
• PURPLE: WINDOW TREATMENTS IN THE SINGULAR BLIND, DRAPE, SHADE, SHUTTER

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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.