NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, May 4, 2025 (#693)

Puzzle #693. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, May 4, 2025 (puzzle #693) is: YELLOW — QUALITIES OF OVERCOOKED MEAT: CHEWY, DRY, STRINGY, TOUGH. GREEN — PLAY SOME ELECTRIC GUITAR: JAM, NOODLE, SHRED, SOLO. BLUE — INGREDIENTS IN BUBBLE TEA: BOBA, MILK, SUGAR, TEA. PURPLE — PLANETS/DWARF PLANET WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED: BLUTO, CARS, DARTH, GENUS.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, May 4, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

CHEWY
NOODLE
CARS
DARTH
JAM
BOBA
TOUGH
SHRED
SOLO
DRY
SUGAR
BLUTO
TEA
GENUS
STRINGY
MILK

How hard is Connections #693?

Easy40/100
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Sunday, May 4, 2025

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, May 4, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, May 4, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, May 4, 2025 (puzzle #693) is: YELLOW — QUALITIES OF OVERCOOKED MEAT: CHEWY, DRY, STRINGY, TOUGH. GREEN — PLAY SOME ELECTRIC GUITAR: JAM, NOODLE, SHRED, SOLO. BLUE — INGREDIENTS IN BUBBLE TEA: BOBA, MILK, SUGAR, TEA. PURPLE — PLANETS/DWARF PLANET WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED: BLUTO, CARS, DARTH, GENUS.

What is the purple group in Connections #693?

The purple (hardest) group is "PLANETS/DWARF PLANET WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED": BLUTO, CARS, DARTH, GENUS.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "QUALITIES OF OVERCOOKED MEAT" — CHEWY, DRY, STRINGY, TOUGH. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, May 4, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #693. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.