New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #694 May…

Connections is here again to challenge your pattern-recognition skills. If you are looking for some help with this one, you are not alone. Today's puzzle was really challenging to solve, and this article is here to help.

As long as you already know how to play Connections, you can find everything you need in the paragraphs below. This includes general puzzle hints, category help, spoilers, and even the full answer to the puzzle if you want it.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #694 for May 5, 2025

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Torpedo, Bat, Coast, Level, Cape, Baton, Plateau, Hoagie, Settle, Cruise, Cigar, Castle, Float, Flatten, Fang, and Drift.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

For those who are lost in this innovative puzzle game, but don't want to give up, you can find tons of hints below. Check out all of them by pressing the "Read More" link below each one.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

1. None of these categories are about words with similar or the same letters, rhyming, or anything similar.

2. None of the groups focus around any proper nouns, like places or people.

3. Baton and Cigar are in the same group.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this mobile game similar to Wordle: To sail along, to slide.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Glide.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Glide.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Coast, Cruise, Drift, Float.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: He vants to suck your blood!

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Associated with Count Dracula.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Associated with Count Dracula.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Bat, Cape, Castle, Fang.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: To remain the same.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Stop Changing.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Stop Changing.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Flatten, Level, Plateau, Settle.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this minimalist puzzle game: Shaped like a dowel rod.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Things That are Long and Cylindrical.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Things That are Long and Cylindrical.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Baton, Cigar, Hoagie, Torpedo.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #694 for May 5, 2025

For anyone just looking for the full answer to this free-to-play game, you can find it in the section below. Open it up using the "Read More" button underneath it to peek at all the categories and the words in each.

Yellow - Glide: Coast, Cruise, Drift, Float
Green - Associated with Count Dracula: Bat, Cape, Castle, Fang
Blue - Stop Changing: Flatten, Level, Plateau, Settle
Purple - Things That are Long and Cylindrical: Baton, Cigar, Hoagie, Torpedo