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Gentle hints for Connections #714
- In a deck.
- Looking just like someone else.
- Where you might sport some new jewelry.
- They can all share the same second word.
More direct hints
- Poker.
- Lookalike.
- Places for studs and rings.
- Add a word that sounds like “fail.”
Spoiler warning: full answers for May 25, 2025
The sixteen words were DOUBLE, HELIX, SNAIL, KING, CONCH, QUEEN, TWIN, ROOK, ELECTRONIC, JUNK, ACE, RINGER, JACK, LOBE, CLONE, and CHAIN. TechRadar and Parade independently reported the following matching solution:
Yellow: Playing cards
ACE, JACK, KING, QUEEN. Each is a familiar card rank.
Green: Doppelgänger
CLONE, DOUBLE, RINGER, TWIN. Each can describe someone or something that closely resembles another.
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Blue: Ear-piercing sites
CONCH, HELIX, LOBE, ROOK. These are terms for ear locations used to describe piercing placements.
Purple: ____ mail
CHAIN, ELECTRONIC, JUNK, SNAIL. Each word completes a familiar kind of mail.
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SNAIL, HELIX, CONCH, and LOBE may suggest curled or spiral shapes. In the reported solution, however, HELIX, CONCH, and LOBE belong with ROOK as ear-piercing sites, while SNAIL completes “snail mail.”
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How to use the clues
Connections asks players to sort sixteen words into four groups of four based on a shared link. If you are solving along, stop before the spoiler section and try the two hint ladders first. The categories are conventionally color-coded from yellow, the easiest, to purple, the hardest; TechRadar’s guide says a game allows up to four mistakes and can be played through NYT Games on desktop or mobile.
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