Having trouble with the NYT Connections May 8 edition? We are here to provide the hints and clues to help you unravel the puzzle and get the answers. For those unfamiliar with the game, Connections is a popular word puzzle by NYT Games that features 16 words that players will need to sort into four categories with a common theme.
Here are the clues and hints for today’s NYT Connections and the final answers.
Connections hint for May 8
All 16 words in today’s puzzle are: TORPEDO, CIGAR, PLATEAU, CASTLE, HOAGIE, SETTLE, BATON, COAST, BAT, FLOAT, FANG, CRUISE, CAPE, FLATTEN, DRIFT, and LEVEL.
Here are some hints for each group to give you a boost:
- Yellow Group: The category focuses on words associated with smooth motion. It can be both a noun and a verb.
- Green Group: All four words in this collection are related to Dracula. Think of all the iconic elements found in a vampire narrative.
- Blue Group: This includes geographical words suggesting stability and flatness.
- Purple Group: This category includes four objects sharing the same shape.
What are the Connections answers for today, May 8?
Without further ado, here are the answers for today’s NYT Connections:
Yellow Group: COAST, CRUISE, DRIFT and FLOAT
Green Group: BAT, CAPE, CASTLE and FANG
Blue Group: FLATTEN, LEVEL, PLATEAU and SETTLE
Purple Group: BATON, CIGAR, HOAGIE and TORPEDO
The New York Times Connections is a daily word puzzle created by NYT Games editor Wyna Liu. The object of the game is to categorize 16 words into four groups. Each group has a color-coded difficulty level based on how obvious the common connecting theme is. Yellow is the easiest with the most obvious theme, followed by green, blue, and finally purple, which is the trickiest of the lot. As always, we recommend focusing on sorting the yellow group first, which weeds out the easiest words to help you move forward with the difficult ones.
