Canโt seem to get todayโs Connections answers? No worries, as we have all of the correct words and categories, along with hints and tips, for today, May 3rdโs Connections from The New York Times. Take the fun wordplay and challenging themes of Wordle and Strands and make it category-based and youโve got yourself NYTโs Connections. Todayโs puzzle, like yesterday brings on the challenge, especially with itโs super specific categories and tricky words. Lucky for you, we at ComicBook have played the puzzle and have everything, like the correct answers and hints, that youโll need to solve todayโs rather tough Connections.
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For The New York Timesโ Connections, you are given 16 different words and your goal is to sort them into four secret categories. Pick four words or phrases that could be related and, if correct, it will group them into their common association, or connection, if you will. Each category has its own color, with Yellow being the easiest to solve, then Green, Blue, and the hardest, Purple. The categories can range from Thunderbolts* characters or summer clothing to Grand Theft Auto cities or anagrams. You only get four turns to get it right and, if you run out, you lose your streak and the categories are revealed.

In regards to todayโs Connections, we continue the difficulty that has ravaged the month of May both yesterday and the day before. With puzzles like todayโs, keep in mind that many words can have multiple meanings, so pay attention to them as you see any matches and try not to look for the obvious unless it only has one meaning. With May 3rdโs puzzle, the words in todayโs Connections are as follows: Smoke, Shell, Fire, Milk, Cream, Comp, Hell, Lit, Sick, Lick, Paste, Neti, Orgo, Ill, Well, and Dope.
If you donโt want to spoil the answers to each category but would like a hint, here is one for each of them:
- Yellow: Absolutely radical!
- Green: Best with grace
- Blue: No comma here
- Purple: Sites with a bit extra
If you want to know the correct categories for todayโs Connections, here are the themes:
- Yellow: Awesome
- Green: Defeat Soundly
- Blue: โWillโ Contractions without the Apostrophe
- Purple: URL Endings Plus a Letter
If you want to know the correct placements as to which words go into which categories, here are May 3rdโs Connections answers:
- Yellow: Dope, Fire, Lit, Sick
- Green: Cream, Lick, Paste, Smoke
- Blue: Hell, Ill, Shell, Well
- Purple: Comp, Milk, Neti, Orgo
Did you get the correct answers? What was the hardest category today? Let us know in the comments below! For everything Connections, NYT Games, and gaming, keep it here at ComicBook.