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Today’s Connections puzzle is tough. The blue and the purple categories both rely on your seeing something in a batch of words that isn’t obvious. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Love it!
Green group hint: Pummel.
Blue group hint: Lose the punctuation.
Purple group hint: Think WWW addresses.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Awesome.
Green group: Defeat soundly.
Blue group: “Will” contractions without the apostrophe.
Purple group: URL endings plus a letter.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 3, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is awesome . The four answers are dope, fire, lit and sick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is defeat soundly. The four answers are cream, lick, paste and smoke.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is “will” contractions without the apostrophe. The four answers are hell, ill, shell and well.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is URL endings plus a letter. The four answers are comp, milk, neti and orgo.
