NYT Connections for Thursday, May 8, 2025, was game #697. The hints below offer a spoiler-free nudge first; the full categories and 16 answers follow. Stop before the answer section if you are still solving.
Hints for Connections #697
- Yellow: Think of actions that put words onto a page.
- Green: Think of the equipment used in a classic dice game.
- Blue: These surnames identify heroes from action-film franchises.
- Purple: Add the same word after each clue to make a familiar compound word.
Answers for May 8, 2025
Spoilers below. The four categories and their words are:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | COMMIT TO PAPER | AUTHOR, COMPOSE, PEN, WRITE |
| Green | NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEE | CUP, DICE, PENCIL, SCORECARD |
| Blue | HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISES | BOND, JONES, OCEAN, WICK |
| Purple | ___STICK | CANDLE, CHOP, JOY, YARD |
Why each group fits
Yellow: COMMIT TO PAPER
AUTHOR, COMPOSE, PEN, and WRITE are ways to create or record written material. PEN is used as a verb, as in to pen a note.
Green: NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEE
CUP, DICE, PENCIL, and SCORECARD are the items named by the Yahtzee category.
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Blue: HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISES
BOND points to James Bond, JONES to Indiana Jones, OCEAN to Danny Ocean, and WICK to John Wick.
Purple: ___STICK
Complete the compounds with STICK: CANDLESTICK, CHOPSTICK, JOYSTICK, and YARDSTICK.
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TechRadar identifies May 8 as game #697 and gives WRITE and SCORECARD; ComingSoon independently lists the same words and matching groups. The Times of India page labels the puzzle #690 and prints WRITER and SCOREBOARD, conflicting with those two guides. The answers above follow the matching entries from TechRadar and ComingSoon.
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