Need the answer to the May 19 New York Times Connect Puzzle? To me, Wordle is more like a vocabulary test, while Connections is more like brain teasers. You are given 16 words and asked to sort them into four groups that are related to each other in some way. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editors know how to trick you by using words that fit into multiple groups.
Do you also play Wordle? We also have today’s Wordle answers and tips.
We’ve also got some tips for Strands, a new game from The Times that’s still in beta.
How to play connect
It’s easy to play. Winning is hard. Look at these 16 words and mentally assign them to the four relevant groups. Click on the four words that you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you don’t know what’s going where until you see the answer. The yellow group is the easiest, then the green group, then the blue group, and the purple group is the hardest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection is only with part of the word. Once, the four words were grouped because each began with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
Today’s link group tip
Here are four tips for connecting the groups in today’s puzzle, from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group tips: Daddy Warbucks or Mr. Burns.
Green group tips: Kitchen skills.
Blue group tips: traditional.
Purple group tips: Sounds like a food.
Answers to today’s link group
Yellow group: rich.
Green group: Cut into chunks.
Blue group: Old-fashioned.
Purple group: Homophones for fruit.
read more: Wordle Memo: The entire alphabet ranked by letter popularity
What’s the answer to today’s link?
Yellow words in today’s connection
Rich subject matter. The answer is prosperous, rich, rich, rich.
Green words in today’s link
The subject is cut into pieces. The answer is to chop, dice, dice and mince.
Blue words in today’s connection
The theme is old fashioned. The answer is square, straightforward, old-fashioned and traditional.
Purple words in today’s connection
The topic is homophones for fruit and the answers are bury, current, leachy and pair. (Representing berries, currants, lychees and pears.)
