NYT Connections Hints and Answers for May 6, Puzzle #695
If you’re feeling stumped by today’s NYT Connections puzzle, you’re not alone—Puzzle #695 offers a particularly tricky purple group that has players second-guessing every move. Whether you’re aiming for a perfect score or just need a nudge in the right direction, these hints and solutions will help you crack today’s puzzle.
How NYT Connections Works
The game challenges players to group 16 words into four categories of four words each, based on a shared connection.
- Categories are color-coded by difficulty: Yellow (easy), Green (medium), Blue (hard), and Purple (tricky or abstract).
- Purple categories often involve wordplay, double meanings, or cultural references, making them notably difficult.
The NYT now offers a Connections Bot, which provides players with performance analytics, tracking win streaks, completion stats, and accuracy rates.
Today’s Hints for Puzzle #695
Before diving into the answers, here are four progressively tougher hints to guide you:
- Yellow group hint: Shhh.
- Think of words that suggest quiet or stillness.
- Green group hint: Think Venus and Serena.
- These words relate to tennis scoring or match structure.
- Blue group hint: Not large.
- Consider terms that imply small size or scale.
- Purple group hint: They all begin with synonyms.
- Each word starts with a term meaning “tease” or “mock”, making this group a linguistic twist.
Today’s Connections Puzzle Answers
Here’s the full breakdown of May 6’s Connections categories and words:
- Yellow (Silence):
- Calm, Hush, Peace, Still
- These words all reflect quietness or tranquility, tying back to the hint “Shhh.”
- Green (Tennis Competition Units):
- Game, Set, Match, Tournament
- These terms outline the hierarchical structure of a tennis event, matching the clue about Venus and Serena.
- Blue (Comparatively Small):
- Baby, Compact, Minute, Toy
- Each word suggests something small or miniature, aligning with the “Not large” hint.
- Purple (Starting with Synonyms for “Tease”):
- Kidney, Mockingbird, Razzmatazz, Ribbon
- All these words start with teasing synonyms like kid, mock, razz, and rib, making it the quirkiest and most abstract group of the day.
Notable Tough Past Puzzles
Here are a few previous challenging Connections puzzles that might help you spot future patterns:
- #5: “Things you can set” – Mood, record, table, volleyball
- #4: “One in a dozen” – Egg, juror, month, rose
- #3: “Streets on screen” – Elm, Fear, Jump, Sesame
- #2: “Power ___” – Nap, plant, Ranger, trip
- #1: “Things that can run” – Candidate, faucet, mascara, nose
These examples show the game’s reliance on double meanings, phrases, and category stretching, especially in purple-level puzzles.
