Connections #693 Answers
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #693 for Sunday, May 4, 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): qualities of overcooked meat
- Green: play some electric guitar
- Blue: ingredients in bubble tea
- Purple (hardest): planets/dwarf planet with first letter changed
Answers
QUALITIES OF OVERCOOKED MEAT
CHEWY, DRY, STRINGY, TOUGH
PLAY SOME ELECTRIC GUITAR
JAM, NOODLE, SHRED, SOLO
INGREDIENTS IN BUBBLE TEA
BOBA, MILK, SUGAR, TEA
PLANETS/DWARF PLANET WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
BLUTO, CARS, DARTH, GENUS
Previous Connections answers
- #692 — awesome, defeat soundly, “will” contractions without the apostrophe, url endings plus a letter
- #691 — kinds of carvings, pillar, bbq offering, ___neck
- #690 — winnings, stop, as a habit, movie camera verbs, words that precede "-size" to mean small
- #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
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