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Progressive hints for May 8
Stop at any point if you want to keep solving. These clues move from broad themes to nudges for the individual groups.
Category-level clues
- Think of similar colors.
- Think about the amount of cream someone might ask for in coffee.
- Another way to say “the greatest.”
- Each phrase ends with the same word.
One-word nudges
- One group includes BRICK and CHERRY.
- One group includes DROP and SPLASH.
- One group includes BEST and TOP.
- One group includes BIRD and SPONGE.
Connections answers for May 8, 2024
Spoilers below: The May 8 puzzle is #332, not #331. Its four categories and word groups are:
- SHADES OF RED: BRICK, CHERRY, ROSE, RUBY
- LITTLE BIT OF A BEVERAGE: DROP, SPLASH, SPOT, SPRINKLE
- CHOICEST: BEST, CREAM, PICK, TOP
- ___ BATH: BIRD, BUBBLE, MUD, SPONGE
The last four words complete the familiar phrases bird bath, bubble bath, mud bath, and sponge bath.
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How Connections works
The New York Times Help Center describes Connections as a game in which players receive 16 words and find four groups of four that share a connection. The groups are color-coded yellow, green, blue, and purple: yellow is easiest, while purple is the trickiest. The Help Center also notes that there is one solution and that some words may appear to fit more than one category. Read the official Connections help page.
NYT says editors curate words and categories using the Oxford Dictionary. The same Help Center page explains the curation.
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Finding the May 8 puzzle again
The New York Times Help Center says the daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. It describes the archive as available to eligible subscribers and says it reaches back to June 12, 2023. Access terms can change, so check the official page for current details; historical replay is not necessarily available to every player. NYT Connections help and access information.
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