I played the NYT Connections today in a weird order. If you want to give it the same shot, then keep reading. So with that, let’s break down all the hints, categories, and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for May 21!
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 – Sometimes, just a bit is enough
- Green Category – You can’t deny these
- Blue Category – All found in a single game
- Purple Category – Not every book is a book
Additional Hint: Do you use Facebook?
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. 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 – SMIDGEN
- Green – BARGAIN
- Blue – BILLIARDS EQUIPMENT
- Purple – _ _ _ BOOK (THAT’S NOT A BOOK)
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 21
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- SMIDGEN – Bit, Dash, Pinch, Touch
- BARGAIN – Buy, Deal, Steal, Value
- BILLIARDS EQUIPMENT – Ball, Chalk, Cue, Rack
- _ _ _ BOOK (THAT’S NOT A BOOK) – Face, Mac, Match, Pocket
Today’s NYT Connections turned out to be easier than I was expecting. I began by shredding the Blue category the first. Even though I don’t play Pool, I know these terms from my time in online games. The Green category came next, and who doesn’t like a good deal, right?
The Yellow category was naturally much easier to both identify and solve. All it needed was a pinch of patience!
As always, I only had four words left. I got them all together, along with the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for May 21!
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.
