While a bit confusing, the NYT Connections puzzle today was still easy to solve. If you seem to be stuck, then keep reading. So, let’s begin breaking down all the hints, categories, and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for May 17!
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 – Try to avoid such folks
- Green Category – It’s good to reach out
- Blue Category – You’ll see these in paintings
- Purple Category – We all love drinking this
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. We also don’t think you need an additional hint today. 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 – CORRUPT
- Green – REACH OUT TO
- Blue – CLASSIC STILL LIFE COMPONENTS
- Purple – BEER _ _ _
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 17
Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- CORRUPT – Base, Dirty, Low, Vile
- REACH OUT TO – Contact, Message, Ping, Text
- CLASSIC STILL LIFE COMPONENTS – Fruit, Pitcher, Skull, Tablecloth
- BEER _ _ _ – Batter, Can, Garden, Pong
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle loved to dive into categories that confused and interested me simultaneously. I began with the Yellow category and solved it almost instantly since the words were base themselves.
The Green category came next, and even though I’m a chronic people avoider, I knew what the words here meant. I’ll admit that I initially got confused with the words in the Blue category to be baseball terms. Well, some of them, anyway. But a few minutes of brainstorming helped me out.
I only had four words left. As always, I connected them all together, along with the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for May 17!
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.
