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NYT Connections #698 was the Friday, May 9, 2025 puzzle. Start with the four hints below, then open the spoiler section for the category names and answers. This is the 2025 puzzle—not the different Connections game published on May 9, 2026.
Hints for Connections #698
- Adjusting how a television picture looks.
- Words that can describe an unclear or distant memory.
- Results or terms from arithmetic.
- One-word names for things that cover a window.
Spoiler: categories and answers
Stop here if you want to solve the grid before seeing the groups.
Yellow: TV display settings
- BRIGHTNESS
- COLOR
- CONTRAST
- TINT
Green: fuzzy memories
- DIM
- FAINT
- REMOTE
- VAGUE
Blue: math terms
- DIFFERENCE
- PRODUCT
- QUOTIENT
- SUM
Purple: window treatments in the singular
- BLIND
- DRAPE
- SHADE
- SHUTTER
Full word bank
DIM, SUM, PRODUCT, SHADE, COLOR, DRAPE, REMOTE, DIFFERENCE, CONTRAST, FAINT, SHUTTER, TINT, QUOTIENT, BLIND, BRIGHTNESS, VAGUE.
How Connections groups are organized
The New York Times Help Center explains that each group is assigned a color, with yellow the easiest category and purple the trickiest. The labels for this grid point to four different kinds of connections: television picture settings, words associated with fuzzy memories, arithmetic vocabulary, and window coverings. In the last group, the words are presented as singular object names.
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