Connections #697 Answers
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #697 for Thursday, May 8, 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): commit to paper
- Green: needs for playing yahtzee
- Blue: heroes of action movie franchises
- Purple (hardest): ___stick
Answers
COMMIT TO PAPER
AUTHOR, COMPOSE, PEN, WRITE
NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEE
CUP, DICE, PENCIL, SCORECARD
HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISES
BOND, JONES, OCEAN, WICK
___STICK
CANDLE, CHOP, JOY, YARD
Previous Connections answers
- #696 — get better, as a broken bone, not including, tarot minor arcana suits, homophones of gemstones
- #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
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