Issue #713 Sat 24 May
NYT Connections Hints & Answer — May 24, 2025
A steady morning of sorting through familiar items and wordplay traps. The grid requires patience to untangle the overlapping possibilities.
yellow group 7 hints
Yellow group hints
Three AM, the room is quiet, and the only sound is a crackle through the small plastic speaker on the nightstand.
Domestic life
Literal items
Members are 3–8 letters; first letters B, M, S.
BABY GEAR
One is BIB.
BIB · BOTTLE · MONITOR · STROLLER
green group 7 hints
Green group hints
Folding laundry on a Sunday, noticing the tag on the drawer is missing the final letter.
Linguistic wordplay
Suffix removal
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters C, J, S.
KINDS OF PANTS MINUS "S"
One is CAPRI.
CAPRI · JEAN · JOGGER · SLACK
blue group 7 hints
Blue group hints
The scoreboard lights up at the arena, flashing three letters that represent an entire season of work.
Sports nomenclature
Singular forms of plural proper nouns
Members are 3–6 letters; first letters J, M, N, R.
NEW YORK SPORTS TEAM MEMBERS
One is JET.
JET · MET · NET · RANGER
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Violet group hints
A rainy afternoon spent scanning the spines on the library shelf, looking for a specific name in gold leaf.
Literary figures
Shared surnames
Members are 3–6 letters; first letters B, G, H, W.
BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS
One is BUTLER.
BUTLER · GAY · HOOKS · WALKER
Spoiler zone
Complete Connections answer
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BABY GEARBIB · BOTTLE · MONITOR · STROLLER
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KINDS OF PANTS MINUS "S"CAPRI · JEAN · JOGGER · SLACK
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NEW YORK SPORTS TEAM MEMBERSJET · MET · NET · RANGER
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BLACK WOMEN AUTHORSBUTLER · GAY · HOOKS · WALKER
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How hard is NYT Connections on May 24, 2025?
NYT Connections on May 24, 2025 rates 3 out of 4 on our difficulty scale — a tougher-than-average puzzle. As always you sort sixteen words into four colour-coded groups, and our hints tease what links each group without ever naming the words.
What's a spoiler-free hint for NYT Connections on May 24, 2025?
The hint ladder above starts with a one-line vibe for each of the four groups, then adds the connecting idea, then the wording of each category. You climb only as far as you need, and no grouped words are shown until the final reveal.
How many groups are in NYT Connections #713?
Four groups of four, ordered from the gentlest to the trickiest. For the categories and the sixteen words themselves, open the answer section on this page — the hints here keep them hidden.
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