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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (#717)

Puzzle #717. 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 Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (puzzle #717) is: 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.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

CHICAGO
POPE
MOONLIGHT
BRIDGE
WHEEL
ROCKY
CHAIN
LINK
BLUEST
UNITE
GLADIATOR
PEDAL
JOIN
SADDLE
SKAT
CRASH

How hard is Connections #717?

Medium42/100
  • • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

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 Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, May 28, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (puzzle #717) is: 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.

What is the purple group in Connections #717?

The purple (hardest) group is "MUSIC GENRES PLUS A LETTER": BLUEST, POPE, ROCKY, SKAT.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "CONNECT" — BRIDGE, JOIN, LINK, UNITE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #717. 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.