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Here are graduated hints and the complete solution for NYT Connections puzzle #702, dated Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Stop after the hint ladder if you want to solve it yourself; the answer groups follow below.
Hints for Connections #702
The 16 words are BAZAAR, SUPREME, VACUUM, VEGGIE, EVERGREEN, BATHROOM, FAIR, HAWAIIAN, PIPE, INFRARED, PLAIN, OUTLET, MARIGOLD, MARKET, DRY and QUICKSILVER.
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Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. The color order runs from yellow, the easiest group, to purple, the trickiest. These clues move from broad to more revealing:
- Yellow: Where you might buy something.
- Green: Types of slice.
- Blue: Look at the ends of the words.
- Purple: Add a word that rhymes with “meaner.”
Category names
- Yellow: Places to shop
- Green: Kinds of pizza
- Blue: Ending with colors
- Purple: ____ cleaner
Full answers for May 13
- Yellow — PLACES TO SHOP: BAZAAR, FAIR, MARKET, OUTLET
- Green — KINDS OF PIZZA: HAWAIIAN, PLAIN, SUPREME, VEGGIE
- Blue — ENDING WITH COLORS: EVERGREEN, INFRARED, MARIGOLD, QUICKSILVER
- Purple — ____ CLEANER: BATHROOM, DRY, PIPE, VACUUM
Why “PLAIN” belongs with the pizza words
Here, PLAIN is intended as a kind of pizza alongside Hawaiian, supreme and veggie. The connection is the puzzle’s category, rather than a claim that every pizzeria uses the same label.
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Which day’s puzzle is this?
This is the May 13, 2025 edition, game #702—not a May 13 puzzle from another year. Connections releases at midnight in the player’s local timezone, so the date displayed as “today” can differ across timezones.
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