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

Date:
Mon, 26 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Monday, May 26 (game #715) .

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 (Image credit: New York Times)

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 (Image credit: New York Times)

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 My rating: Moderate My score: 1 mistake

You could argue that a FRISBEE isnt strictly flat, unlike the other three ROUND FLAT THINGS, but its 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 didnt 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. 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 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.



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