Gaming

New York Times Connections Answers for May 6th

Today’s NYT Connections is silent but deadly!

Looking for the answers for todayโ€™s NYT Connections? Youโ€™ve come to the right place, as we have all of the correct words and categories, along with hints and tips, for today, May 6thโ€™s Connections from The New York Times. Whether you play Wordle or Strands, Connections, which released in 2023, has been a fresh face in the daily puzzle scene. For todayโ€™s puzzle, we have some interesting words but everything else is a lot more easier to get than previous days. Still, we at ComicBook have played the puzzle and have everything, like the correct answers and hints, that youโ€™ll need to solve todayโ€™s Connections.

Videos by ComicBook.com

When playing 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 time measurement units or cities in Italy to element abbreviations or character names from The Sopranos. You only get four turns to get it right and, if you run out, you lose your streak and the categories are revealed. 

Today’s Connections serves up a fun one.

With todayโ€™s Connections, we continue the easy streak weโ€™ve had with yesterday and the day before, but donโ€™t let that trip you up, like some of these words will. For puzzles like todayโ€™s, 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. In terms of May 6thโ€™s puzzle, the words in todayโ€™s Connections are as follows: Hush, Ribbon, Baby, Toy, Minute, Mockingbird, Game, Razzmatazz, Still, Set, Compact, Peace, Match, Calm, Kidney, and Tournament.

If you donโ€™t want to spoil the answers to each category but would like a hint, here is one for each of them: 

  • Yellow: I canโ€™t hear a thing
  • Green: Ballโ€™s in your court
  • Blue: Itโ€™s so tiny!
  • Purple: Making fun of, in different ways

If you want to know the correct categories for todayโ€™s Connections, here are the themes:

  • Yellow: Silence
  • Green: Tennis Competition Units
  • Blue: Comparatively Small
  • Purple: Starting with Synonyms for โ€œTeaseโ€

If you want to know the correct placements as to which words go into which categories, here are May 6thโ€™s Connections answers:

  • Yellow: Calm, Hush, Peace, Still
  • Green: Game, Match, Set, Tournament
  • Blue: Baby, Compact, Minute, Toy
  • Purple: Kidney, Mockingbird, Razzmatazz, Ribbon

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.