If you’re stuck on today’s Connections puzzle, you’re not alone. The May 3 edition (#692) of the New York Times’ hit word game challenged players with some tricky groupings, and the hints reveal just how clever the categories were.
Here’s what you need to know: The puzzle presented 16 words, and the goal was to sort them into four connected groups. The categories for today’s Connections were:
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Slang for something impressive or “awesome”: DOPE, FIRE, LIT, SICK
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Ways to “defeat soundly”: CREAM, LICK, PASTE, SMOKE
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“Will” contractions without the apostrophe: HELL, ILL, SHELL, WELL
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Website suffixes with an extra letter: COMP, MILK, NETI, ORGO
The yellow group was the easiest, featuring popular slang terms for something cool. The green group included verbs that mean to win decisively. The blue group was a bit trickier, focusing on words that form “will” contractions if you add an apostrophe (he’ll, I’ll, she’ll, we’ll). The purple group stumped many, requiring you to spot common URL endings with one letter added.
Connections continues to test players’ lateral thinking and word association skills, much like its sibling game, Wordle. If you didn’t solve it today, don’t worry-a new challenge awaits every morning.
