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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Friday, May 23, 2025 (#712)

Puzzle #712. 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 Friday, May 23, 2025 (puzzle #712) is: YELLOW — QUITE THE PARTY: BASH, BLAST, BLOWOUT, RAVE. GREEN — ONE’S CONSTITUTION: CHARACTER, FIBER, MAKEUP, NATURE. BLUE — BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS OF WEIGHT: DRAM, OUNCE, POUND, STONE. PURPLE — WHAT “CAT’S EYE” CAN BE USED TO DESCRIBE: EYELINER, GLASSES, MARBLE, NEBULA.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Friday, May 23, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

STONE
FIBER
MARBLE
EYELINER
BLOWOUT
MAKEUP
POUND
BASH
NATURE
GLASSES
BLAST
DRAM
NEBULA
OUNCE
CHARACTER
RAVE

How hard is Connections #712?

Easy30/100
  • • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

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 Friday, May 23, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Friday, May 23, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Friday, May 23, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, May 23, 2025 (puzzle #712) is: YELLOW — QUITE THE PARTY: BASH, BLAST, BLOWOUT, RAVE. GREEN — ONE’S CONSTITUTION: CHARACTER, FIBER, MAKEUP, NATURE. BLUE — BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS OF WEIGHT: DRAM, OUNCE, POUND, STONE. PURPLE — WHAT “CAT’S EYE” CAN BE USED TO DESCRIBE: EYELINER, GLASSES, MARBLE, NEBULA.

What is the purple group in Connections #712?

The purple (hardest) group is "WHAT “CAT’S EYE” CAN BE USED TO DESCRIBE": EYELINER, GLASSES, MARBLE, NEBULA.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "QUITE THE PARTY" — BASH, BLAST, BLOWOUT, RAVE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Friday, May 23, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #712. 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.