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Today’s Connections puzzle is fun, especially if you like action movies and a certain dice game. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Jot it down.
Green group hint: Dice game.
Blue group hint: Bourne is another one.
Purple group hint: You use two on the drums.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Commit to paper.
Green group: Needs for playing Yahtzee.
Blue group: Heroes of action movie franchises.
Purple group: ____ stick.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 8, 2025, #697.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is commit to paper. The four answers are author, compose, pen and write.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is needs for playing Yahtzee. The four answers are cup, dice, pencil and scorecard.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is heroes of action movie franchises. The four answers are Bond, Jones, Ocean and Wick. (For James Bond, Indiana Jones, Danny Ocean and John Wick.)
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ stick. The four answers are candle, chop, joy and yard.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
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