The NYT Connections puzzle for May 16 falls just at the right level of difficulty for us. However, if you’re still having issues then keep reading. With that, let’s break down all the hints, categories and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for May 16!
Hint for Today’s Connections Themes
Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.
- Yellow Category – Things that capture memories
- Green Category – Sometimes you’re destined to win
- Blue Category – We hope to do this during situations
- Purple Category – A layery word comes after all of these
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. They are all related to the categories for the puzzle, so think hard before you scroll down below to see the exact category names. We also don’t think you need an additional hint today. However, if you still can’t find them and need more help, maybe these tricks to solve NYT Connections will help.
Spoiler Warning #1 While this section included hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only proceed if ready.
Today’s Connections Category Names
If you still can’t figure out the NYT Connections category names, keep reading for more help.
- Yellow – PHOTO
- Green – ASSURE, AS A VICTORY
- Blue – MOVE IN AN EFFORTLESS WAY
- Purple – _ _ _ BLANKET
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Spoiler Warning #2 The next section includes the answer for today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to solve it yourself.
Connections Answer for May 16
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- PHOTO – Pic, Shot, Snap, Still
- ASSURE, AS A VICTORY – Cinch, Ice, Lock, Secure
- MOVE IN AN EFFORTLESS WAY – Breeze, Coast, Glide, Sail
- _ _ _ BLANKET – Picnic, Security, Throw, Wet
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle fell right in the area of a puzzle that is difficult but not difficult enough. Case in point was me starting out by solving the Blue category the first. As much as I hate to say this pun, it was almost like it Breezed through it.
The Yellow category came next and even though I’m someone who doesn’t take a lot of photos, I of course knew these terms. The Green category was a bit of a puzzler. Well, for the first few minutes anyway. But after double checking the word Cinch, I knew what I was looking for.
With that done, I combined the last four words together to get the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for May 16!
NYT Connections Past Answers
We hope the answers above helped you solve the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you stumbled here by accident, there’s a chance you might be looking for answers to previous puzzles.
Well, for such times and more, we have you covered. Feel free to go through our directory to NYT Connections for the last three days for all the help you need.
What about you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
Sanmay Chakrabarti
