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Today’s Connections puzzle is all over the map. There’s a movie category, which you might spot right away. But there’s also a silent-letter grouping that could trip you up. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Move or flow.
Green group hint: Think Athens.
Blue group hint: Lights, camera, animals!
Purple group hint: Letters you don’t pronounce.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Absorb using capillary action.
Green group: Greek prefixes.
Blue group: Titular talking animals of film.
Purple group: Starting with silent letters.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 14, 2025, #703.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is absorb using capillary action. The four answers are draw, pull, suck and wick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Greek prefixes. The four answers are hyper, kilo, meta and neo.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is titular talking animals of film. The four answers are Babe, Bolt, Dumbo and Ted.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starting with silent letters. The four answers are gnome, knee, mnemonic and psyche.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
