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NYT Connections May 3 2025 Answers

Puzzle #692

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

SMOKE SHELL FIRE MILK CREAM COMP HELL LIT SICK LICK PASTE NETI ORGO ILL WELL DOPE

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — AWESOME
Green — DEFEAT SOUNDLY
Blue — “WILL” CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHE
Purple — URL ENDINGS PLUS A LETTER
AWESOMEDOPE, FIRE, LIT, SICK
DEFEAT SOUNDLYCREAM, LICK, PASTE, SMOKE
“WILL” CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT THE APOSTROPHEHELL, ILL, SHELL, WELL
URL ENDINGS PLUS A LETTERCOMP, MILK, NETI, ORGO
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.