Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is the Tuesday, May 6, 2025 game, #695. The grid mixes a group about silence, tennis competition terms, words meaning comparatively small, and a purple wordplay group. Hints come first below; the full answers follow.
Hints for Connections #695
Try these clues before revealing the groups, ordered from yellow to purple:
- Yellow: Tranquility.
- Green: Wimbledon words.
- Blue: Tiny.
- Purple: Roasting at the start.
A second set of nudges: think “shhh” for yellow; for green, avoid love to win; for blue, consider what can happen to clothes in a dryer; and for purple, look closely at the words “tauntaun” and “jiberish.”
Today’s Connections words
The 16 words in the May 6, 2025 grid are:
HUSH, RIBBON, BABY, TOY, MINUTE, MOCKINGBIRD, GAME, RAZZMATAZZ, STILL, SET, COMPACT, PEACE, MATCH, CALM, KIDNEY, TOURNAMENT.
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Connections #695 answers
Spoilers below: these are the four intended groups and their answers.
Yellow — SILENCE
CALM, HUSH, PEACE, STILL
Green — TENNIS COMPETITION UNITS
GAME, MATCH, SET, TOURNAMENT
Blue — COMPARATIVELY SMALL
BABY, COMPACT, MINUTE, TOY
Purple — STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “TEASE”
KIDNEY, MOCKINGBIRD, RAZZMATAZZ, RIBBON
The purple connection is at the beginning of each word: “kid,” “mock,” “razz,” and “rib” can each be used as a synonym for tease. The words then continue in different directions, which makes this group less obvious than a straightforward meaning-based match.
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Why the groups can be tricky
Connections asks players to find four sets of four words that share a theme. Some words can suggest more than one plausible relationship, so the challenge is finding the intended rule that works consistently across all four words. In this grid, BABY and TOY may both suggest smallness, but the complete blue group also includes COMPACT and MINUTE. The purple set depends on the opening sound or word fragment rather than the full word’s meaning.
The New York Times describes Connections as “a word game that challenges players to find themes between words.” The game presents 16 words for four groups; yellow is the easiest color and purple the trickiest. The daily puzzle becomes available at midnight in the player’s timezone. Official play options include the NYT Connections page, the NYT Games app, nytimes.com/theathletic, and the NYT News app.
How to play the May 6 puzzle in the archive
The #695 game is an older puzzle, not the May 6, 2026 daily game. The NYT Connections archive reaches back to June 12, 2023, and the Help Center says archive access is available to All Access and Games subscribers. Archived games can affect some statistics, but not current or maximum streaks; completed archived puzzles cannot be replayed. A NYT Games subscription includes past puzzles and archives, though subscription terms and eligibility can change.
Quick Recap
- Open the NYT Connections page or another official NYT Games option.
- Use the Connections archive to locate the puzzle dated May 6, 2025, game #695.
- Check the current NYT digital-subscription details if the archive is unavailable on your account.
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