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A new new Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Friday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New -Connections Tip and Response to Friday May 17 (Game #705).
Good morning! Let’s play connections, News Smart Wordpan that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need connections tips.
What are you going to do when you are done? Why, play some more word games of course. I also got daily strict tips and answers and quordle tips and answer articles if you also need help with them, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral Word game.
Spoiler Warning: Information on new connections Today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New -Connections Today (Play #706) – The Word of the Today
Today’s new connections are …
- Macaroni
- ANIMAL
- KING
- RULER
- Scooter
- PLANT
- EMPEROR
- Beaker
- BACTERIA
- Trade
- SYRINGE
- SPONGE
- SIGNATURE
- Chinstrap
- Protractor
New Connections Today (Game #706) – Tip No. 1 – Group Tip
What are some clues for today’s new connection groups?
- YELLOW: Classification of organisms
- GREEN: Measurement tools
- BLUE: Sort of aircraftless bird
- Purple: Go ahead with a letter
Need more clues?
We are fixed on spoiler territory now, but read on whether you want to know what the four theme answers are to today’s new connections puzzle …
New Connections Today (Game #706) – Tip No. 2 – Group Response
What are the answers to today’s new connection groups?
- Yellow: Member of a Kingdom of Taxonomy
- Green: Graduated instruments
- Blue: sorts of penguins
- Purple: “E” things
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -Connections Today (Play #706) – The answers
The answers to today’s connections, game #706, are …
- Yellow: Member of a Kingdom of Taxonomy Animals, bacteria, fungus, plant
- Green: Graduated instruments Beaker glass, degree slice, ruler, spray
- Blue: sorts of penguins Chinstrap, Emperor, King, Macaroni
- Purple: “E” things Trade, Mail, Scooter, Signature
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
A clear race for me today. My only hesitation was over kind of penguins when I knew Chinstrap, Emperor and King, but took a guess with Macaroni as there seemed no probable alternatives.
In the meantime, I got the group member in a kingdom of taxonomy thinking the four words described an evolutionary scale from bacteria to fungus to plant to animals. Wrong, but also right.
“E” things are something of a cruel category as there are hundreds of products that have the same prefix. In fact, think of something, and it is likely that there is also an “E” version of it-from Ealarm to E-Zips.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new -connections answer (Friday 16 May, Game #705)
- Yellow: sorts of plants Herb, shrub, wood, wine
- Green: Disconnect Dissolve, end, scrap, sunset
- Blue: Affiliated bulls Michael Jordan, Rodeo, Taurus, Wall Street
- Purple: Ends with building materials Hollywood, Timeglass, Kubrick, Neuroplastic
What are new connections?
New Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four objects that share something in common, and each group has another level of difficulty: green is light, yellow a little harder, blue often quite hard and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you do not have to technically solve the last one, as you can answer one by an elimination process. In addition, you can make up to four errors, giving you a little bit of breathing room.
However, it is a little more involved than something like Wordle, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to get up with tricks. For example, be careful on gay and other word games that can hide the answers.
It can be played free of charge via the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
