New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #701 May…

Connections is here again to challenge your brain into figuring out the connections between sixteen seemingly-unrelated words. The words in this puzzle are challenging on their own, but there are also always some red herrings to wind your way around as well.

If you need a hand with this one, you can find everything you need to solve the full puzzle in the article below. Each section has a different kind of clue or spoiler or answer to this puzzle game.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #701 for May 12, 2025

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Visit, Bank, Wallet, Hit, Smack, ATM, Cash Register, Bounce, Click, Tip Jar, Purse, Carom, Curl, Page View, Ricochet, and Pucker.

What is the Definition of Carom?

Carom is a term mainly used in Billiards to describe a shot where the cue ball hits two other balls. It can also be used in other places to mean either as a noun meaning to rebound or a verb meaning to hit something then ricochet.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Need some hints for this minimalist puzzle game? You can find spoilers, clues, and category help in each of the sections below, helping you to win this puzzle mostly on your own.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this mind-boggling puzzle game:

1. One of these categories is about money, but "bank" is not part of that group.

2. None of the categories are about similar sounds, letters, or parts of words.

3. Purse and Smack go in the same group.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer: Where are those dollar bills?

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Places to Find Paper Money.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Places to Find Paper Money.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: ATM, Cash Register, Tip Jar, Wallet.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: To boomerang, to deflect.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Rebound.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Rebound.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Bank, Bounce, Carom, Richochet.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer in this puzzle game that can make you smarter: What cookies in your web browser are for.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Things Tracked by Web Analytics.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Things Tracked by Web Analytics.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Click, Hit, Page View, Visit.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer: Other things you could put in this category: Kiss, Bite, Smile.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Things You Can Do With Your Lips.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Things You Can Do With Your Lips.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Curl, Pucker, Purse, Smack.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #701 for May 12, 2025

If you need more than a hint or two, you can find the full answer to the New York Times Games Connections puzzle in the section below. Open it up to see all the categories and the words that fill out each of them.