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NYT Connections May 4 2025 Answers

Puzzle #693

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

CHEWY NOODLE CARS DARTH JAM BOBA TOUGH SHRED SOLO DRY SUGAR BLUTO TEA GENUS STRINGY MILK

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — QUALITIES OF OVERCOOKED MEAT
Green — PLAY SOME ELECTRIC GUITAR
Blue — INGREDIENTS IN BUBBLE TEA
Purple — PLANETS/DWARF PLANET WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
QUALITIES OF OVERCOOKED MEATCHEWY, DRY, STRINGY, TOUGH
PLAY SOME ELECTRIC GUITARJAM, NOODLE, SHRED, SOLO
INGREDIENTS IN BUBBLE TEABOBA, MILK, SUGAR, TEA
PLANETS/DWARF PLANET WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGEDBLUTO, CARS, DARTH, GENUS
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.