Connections #690 Answers
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #690 for Thursday, May 1, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): winnings
- Green: stop, as a habit
- Blue: movie camera verbs
- Purple (hardest): words that precede "-size" to mean small
Answers
WINNINGS
POT, PRIZE, PURSE, REWARD
STOP, AS A HABIT
BREAK, DROP, KICK, SHAKE
MOVIE CAMERA VERBS
DOLLY, PAN, TILT, ZOOM
WORDS THAT PRECEDE "-SIZE" TO MEAN SMALL
BITE, FUN, POCKET, TRAVEL
Previous Connections answers
- #689 — parts of a shoe, accommodation, reputation, ending with synonyms for “yuck”
- #688 — cooking concoctions, seen on a table at a dinner party, things to climb, what "diamond" can refer to
- #687 — hair products, austere, clues at a crime scene, weary
- #686 — calculator buttons, amounts of hair, salty snack unit, swedish ___
- #685 — tint, valley, bobs, color anagrams
- #684 — gum flavors, starting point, great american songbook songs, ___ tube
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