These are the hints and answers for the Saturday, May 3, 2025 edition of NYT Connections, puzzle #692—not the live daily puzzle. Start with the graduated clues below and stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it yourself.
Hints for Connections #692
- Look for four informal ways to say something is excellent.
- One group contains verbs that can describe a decisive loss.
- Read four entries as contractions for future actions, mentally restoring the missing punctuation.
- For the last group, remove one final character and look for familiar web-address endings.
Category names
Spoiler warning: The category names and complete word groups follow.
- Yellow: AWESOME
- Green: DEFEAT SOUNDLY
- Blue: “WILL” CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHE
- Purple: URL ENDINGS PLUS A LETTER
Answers for May 3, 2025
| Color | Category | Words | How they connect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | AWESOME | DOPE, FIRE, LIT, SICK | Slang terms meaning excellent or impressive. |
| Green | DEFEAT SOUNDLY | CREAM, LICK, PASTE, SMOKE | Each can mean to beat an opponent decisively. |
| Blue | “WILL” CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHE | HELL, ILL, SHELL, WELL | Restore the apostrophe to read he’ll, I’ll, she’ll, and we’ll. |
| Purple | URL ENDINGS PLUS A LETTER | COMP, MILK, NETI, ORGO | Remove each word’s last letter to reveal .com, .mil, .net, and .org. |
What Connections is—and where to replay this puzzle
Connections gives players 16 words to sort into four groups of four. The New York Times Help Center says the groups are colored yellow, green, blue, and purple, from easiest to trickiest, and that words may seem to fit more than one category. As the Help Center puts it, “Each puzzle has exactly one solution and is meant to be tricky by having words that could fit into multiple categories.” Read the official Connections help page for the game’s rules and archive details.
The daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. The Help Center says the archive reaches back to June 12, 2023 and is available to All Access and Games subscribers. Puzzle #692 is within that date range, though replay access depends on the current archive rules and an eligible account.
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