The NYT Connections May 9 edition is here with a new challenging puzzle. For readers unfamiliar with the game, Connections is a daily word puzzle created by Wyna Liu, a NYT Games editor. Players must aim to categorize 16 words into four groups within four guesses correctly. Additionally, each group is color-coded based on its difficulty, determined by the obviousness of the common connecting theme.
So, here are the clues and hints for today’s NYT Connections to help you reach the final answers.
Connections hint for May 9
All 16 words in today’s puzzle are: BLIND, PRODUCT, TINT, DIM, DIFFERENCE, SHUTTER, QUOTIENT, FAINT, BRIGHTNESS, SHADE, SUM, DRAPE, VAGUE, COLOR, REMOTE, and CONTRAST.
Here are some hints for each group to give you a nudge forward:
- Yellow Group: The first category focuses on words associated with image editing and lighting.
- Green Group: All four words in this collection are related to the difficulty in seeing or remembering something.
- Blue Group: This includes words associated with common mathematics problems.
- Purple Group: For the final group, think of everything related to keeping the lights out.
What are the Connections answers for today, May 9?
Without further ado, here are the answers for today’s NYT Connections:
Yellow Group: BRIGHTNESS, COLOR, CONTRAST and TINT (TV Display Settings)
Green Group: DIM, FAINT, REMOTE and VAGUE (Fuzzy, As A Memory)
Blue Group: DIFFERENCE, PRODUCT, QUOTIENT and SUM (Results Of Some Arithmetic)
Purple Group: CANDLE, CHOP, JOY and YARD (Window Treatments In The Singular)
We recommend that players start by sorting the Yellow group, which is the easiest among the lot and has the most obvious theme. Then, it is followed by green, blue, and finally purple, with the trickiest theme to identify. Furthermore, the game also gives a helpful “One Away…” notification when you are only one word away from choosing the four correct words for a group.
