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NYT Connections May 1 2025 Answers

Puzzle #690

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

POCKET SHAKE PURSE PAN POT DOLLY FUN PRIZE TRAVEL BREAK BITE KICK ZOOM DROP REWARD TILT

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — WINNINGS
Green — STOP, AS A HABIT
Blue — MOVIE CAMERA VERBS
Purple — WORDS THAT PRECEDE "-SIZE" TO MEAN SMALL
WINNINGSPOT, PRIZE, PURSE, REWARD
STOP, AS A HABITBREAK, DROP, KICK, SHAKE
MOVIE CAMERA VERBSDOLLY, PAN, TILT, ZOOM
WORDS THAT PRECEDE "-SIZE" TO MEAN SMALLBITE, FUN, POCKET, TRAVEL
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.