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NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 24 (game #713)

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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, May 23 (game #712).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #713) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 713 on a purple background

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • WALKER
  • JET
  • STROLLER
  • JOGGER
  • NET
  • HOOKS
  • RANGER
  • MONITOR
  • BUTLER
  • MET
  • BOTTLE
  • SLACK
  • GAY
  • CAPRI
  • JEAN
  • BIB

NYT Connections today (game #713) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: Stuff for little ones
  • GREEN: Add a letter for popular trousers
  • BLUE: Big Apple players
  • PURPLE: Famous female writers 

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #713) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: BABY GEAR 
  • GREEN: KINDS OF PANTS MINUS "S"
  • BLUE: NEW YORK SPORTS TEAM MEMBERS 
  • PURPLE: BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #713) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 713 on a purple background

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The answers to today's Connections, game #713, are…

  • YELLOW: BABY GEAR BIB, BOTTLE, MONITOR, STROLLER
  • GREEN: KINDS OF PANTS MINUS "S" CAPRI, JEAN, JOGGER, SLACK
  • BLUE: NEW YORK SPORTS TEAM MEMBERS JET, MET, NET, RANGER
  • PURPLE: BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS BUTLER, GAY, HOOKS, WALKER
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

I’m sure I wasn’t alone in toying with JOGGER, STROLLER, and WALKER – which in my mind are all varieties of baby buggy. Fortunately I didn’t find a fourth option so I switched focus.

Even though I’m in the UK and do not follow US sports, the branding of many teams is global and it’s probably easier to get jerseys for the METS, JETS, NETS and RANGERS in London than in some US cities. So the blue group was easy to see – easier than the purple group, which contained several BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS that I was ignorant of.

Fortunately by this point I’d connected KINDS OF PANTS MINUS “S” and BABY GEAR. 

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 23, game #712)

  • YELLOW: QUITE THE PARTY BASH, BLAST, BLOWOUT, RAVE
  • GREEN: ONE'S CONSTITUTION CHARACTER, FIBER, MAKEUP, NATURE
  • BLUE: BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS OF WEIGHT DRAM, OUNCE, POUND, STONE
  • PURPLE: WHAT "CAT'S EYE" CAN BE USED TO DESCRIBE EYELINER, GLASSES, MARBLE, NEBULA

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Johnny Dee
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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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