Here are spoiler-aware hints and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle identified by two answer guides as game #691, for Friday, May 2, 2025. Start with the gentle nudges if you are still solving; the category names and full tile sets follow below.
Hints for Connections #691
Try these in order, stopping when you have enough to make your next guess:
- Think about things that can be sculpted.
- Look for words describing structural supports.
- Consider familiar foods served at a barbecue.
- Find words that can come before “neck.”
Connections categories and answers for May 2
Spoilers ahead: The category names and all 16 answers are below.
Yellow: Kinds of carvings
- BUST
- RELIEF
- STATUE
- TORSO
Green: Pillar
- BRACE
- POST
- PROP
- SUPPORT
Blue: BBQ offering
- DOG
- LINK
- RIB
- WING
Purple: ___NECK
- BOTTLE
- BREAK
- GOOSE
- TURTLE
The purple set completes familiar compounds: bottle neck, breakneck, gooseneck, and turtleneck.
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How Connections works
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared theme. The groups are color-coded yellow, green, blue, and purple, with yellow intended to be easiest and purple trickiest. The New York Times Help Center notes that words may seem to fit more than one theme, but each puzzle has one solution: Connections help.
Can you replay the May 2, 2025 puzzle?
The NYT Help Center says Connections releases daily at midnight in a player’s timezone and is available through NYT Games platforms. Its archive goes back to June 12, 2023; access to archived puzzles is limited to All Access and Games subscribers. See the NYT Connections Help Center for the current access details.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why some archives give a different puzzle number
TechRadar and Parade both identify the May 2 board as #691 and list the same four categories and tile groups. Xfire’s date-specific archive labels it #725, while agreeing on the answers. The puzzle number is therefore given here as #691, matching the two guides that agree on the date-specific identification.
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