Sat May 03 11:50:00 UTC 2025: ## NYT’s Connections Word Game Takes Off: Hints and Solutions for Puzzle #691
New York Times’ latest word game, Connections, is taking the internet by storm, mirroring the success of Wordle. The game challenges players to identify common threads between sets of four words from a pool of sixteen. Created by associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu, Connections is available on web browsers and mobile devices.
The game features four color-coded categories (yellow, green, blue, purple) of increasing difficulty. Players have four attempts to correctly group the words, with incorrect guesses counting as mistakes. The game board can be rearranged to aid in finding connections. Once a set is solved, those words are removed.
Today’s puzzle (#691) proved particularly challenging for some. Hints provided included clues such as “Green: To beat someone at something,” and further category hints: Blue: Will contractions without the apostrophe; Purple: URL endings plus a letter.
**Solutions for Connections #691:**
* **Defeat soundly:** CREAM, LICK, PASTE, SMOKE
* **Will contractions without the apostrophe:** HELL, ILL, SHELL, WELL
* **URL endings plus a letter:** COMP, MILK, NETI, ORGO
Don’t worry if you didn’t solve it—a new Connections puzzle awaits tomorrow! The article also provides links to solutions for yesterday’s puzzle and hints for other NYT games like Strands, as well as other puzzle games offered by Mashable.
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