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NYT Connections May 5 2024 Answers

Puzzle #329

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

FRANK FRUIT EGG DIRECT PLAIN PRODUCE WRITE MUM RETURN ACT REWARD EVERYTHING VAMP POPPY WERE BENEFIT

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — SOMETHING GAINED FROM HARD WORK
Green — KINDS OF BAGELS
Blue — CONTRIBUTE TO A MOVIE
Purple — STARTS OF MONSTERS
SOMETHING GAINED FROM HARD WORKBENEFIT, FRUIT, RETURN, REWARD
KINDS OF BAGELSEGG, EVERYTHING, PLAIN, POPPY
CONTRIBUTE TO A MOVIEACT, DIRECT, PRODUCE, WRITE
STARTS OF MONSTERSFRANK, MUM, VAMP, WERE
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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.