NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, May 28 (game #717)

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Tue, 27 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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: 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 #717) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are CHICAGO POPE MOONLIGHT BRIDGE WHEEL ROCKY CHAIN LINK BLUEST UNITE GLADIATOR PEDAL JOIN SADDLE SKAT CRASH NYT
Connections today (game #717) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Ways to
attach GREEN: Bicycle bits BLUE: 21st century movies PURPLE: Add a letter to see the scene

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 #717) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: CONNECT GREEN: PARTS OF A BIKE BLUE: BEST PICTURE WINNERS SINCE 2000 PURPLE: MUSIC GENRES 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 #717) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #717, are YELLOW: CONNECT BRIDGE, JOIN, LINK, UNITE GREEN: PARTS OF A BIKE CHAIN, PEDAL, SADDLE, WHEEL BLUE: BEST PICTURE WINNERS SINCE 2000 CHICAGO, CRASH, GLADIATOR, MOONLIGHT PURPLE: MUSIC GENRES PLUS A LETTER BLUEST, POPE, ROCKY, SKAT My rating: Moderate My score: 2 mistakes

I fell into two very obvious traps today. First I had CHAIN instead of UNITE in the CONNECT group. I was thinking of mechanical connections, like train compartments coupled together.

How stupid I felt when the next group I got was PARTS OF A BIKE.

My next mistake came in thinking that we were just looking for a general
movie connection, without really knowing what the link was. With that in mind I had ROCKY instead of CRASH although had the category been BEST PICTURE WINNERS SINCE 1977, then ROCKY would have been correct.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 27, game #716) 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 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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