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NYT Connections May 16 2024 Answers

Puzzle #340

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

ICE COAST STILL WET SECURITY LOCK BREEZE SHOT SECURE PICNIC THROW SAIL SNAP GLIDE CINCH PIC

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — PHOTO
Green — ASSURE, AS A VICTORY
Blue — MOVE IN AN EFFORTLESS WAY
Purple — ___ BLANKET
PHOTOPIC, SHOT, SNAP, STILL
ASSURE, AS A VICTORYCINCH, ICE, LOCK, SECURE
MOVE IN AN EFFORTLESS WAYBREEZE, COAST, GLIDE, SAIL
___ BLANKETPICNIC, SECURITY, THROW, WET
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.