These are the NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 12, 2025, puzzle #701—not today’s current puzzle. Start with graduated clues below, then reveal the categories and full word groups when you’re ready.
Hints for May 12, 2025
Try each color’s clue before looking at the category names or solution.
- Yellow: The side of a couch and your back pocket would fit in here.
- Green: Find a new romantic partner soon after a break up, perhaps.
- Blue: You’ll see these in the one type of situation where it’s okay to play with traffic.
- Purple: In the interest of keeping things clean, let’s gloss over some of the other options that would work here.
These hints are reproduced from Kris Holt’s Forbes guide.
Category answers
Still solving? These category names reveal more than the clues, but not the words in each group.
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- Yellow: PLACES TO FIND PAPER MONEY
- Green: REBOUND
- Blue: THINGS TRACKED BY WEB ANALYTICS
- Purple: THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIPS
Full Connections answers for May 12
Spoilers: The complete groups and all 16 words are below.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | PLACES TO FIND PAPER MONEY | ATM, CASH REGISTER, TIP JAR, WALLET |
| Green | REBOUND | BANK, BOUNCE, CAROM, RICOCHET |
| Blue | THINGS TRACKED BY WEB ANALYTICS | CLICK, HIT, PAGE VIEW, VISIT |
| Purple | THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIPS | CURL, PUCKER, PURSE, SMACK |
The full board was VISIT, BANK, WALLET, HIT, SMACK, ATM, CASH REGISTER, BOUNCE, CLICK, TIP JAR, PURSE, CAROM, CURL, PAGE VIEW, RICOCHET, and PUCKER.
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Why BANK is easy to misplace
BANK can suggest a place to find money, which makes it tempting to put it with the yellow group. In this puzzle, it belongs with BOUNCE, CAROM, and RICOCHET under REBOUND. The money group instead uses ATM, CASH REGISTER, TIP JAR, and WALLET.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How the puzzle works and where to replay it
Connections gives players a grid of 16 words to sort into four groups of four based on a shared link. The cited May 12 guide says players can play on the NYT website or Games app, submit guesses, and lose after four mistakes; see Forbes’ game overview and Try Hard Guides’ May 12 guide.
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The NYT Help Center’s Connections page says All Access and Games subscribers can replay archive puzzles dating back to June 12, 2023. It also describes Connections Companion as a forum available to everyone for hints, comments, and difficulty scores; its comments may contain spoilers. Archive eligibility and subscription terms can change.
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