Connections #696 Answers
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #696 for Wednesday, May 7, 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): get better, as a broken bone
- Green: not including
- Blue: tarot minor arcana suits
- Purple (hardest): homophones of gemstones
Answers
GET BETTER, AS A BROKEN BONE
HEAL, KNIT, MEND, RECOVER
NOT INCLUDING
BESIDES, BUT, EXCEPT, SAVE
TAROT MINOR ARCANA SUITS
CUPS, PENTACLES, SWORDS, WANDS
HOMOPHONES OF GEMSTONES
CHORAL, OPEL, PURL, QUARTS
Previous Connections answers
- #695 — silence, tennis competition units, comparatively small, starting with synonyms for “tease”
- #694 — glide, associated with count dracula, stop changing, things that are long and cylindrical
- #693 — qualities of overcooked meat, play some electric guitar, ingredients in bubble tea, planets/dwarf planet with first letter changed
- #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
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