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How today’s NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together.<\/span><\/p>\n getty<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Note<\/strong>: Make sure to complete today\u2019s <\/em>NYT Connections before reading further! We\u2019ll be getting into spoilers for today\u2019s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my <\/em>NYT Connections hints and answers column for today right here<\/em>:<\/em><\/p>\n Forbes<\/span>NYT Connections Hints Today: Monday, May 18 Clues And Answers (#1,072)<\/span>By Kris Holt<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to my deeper dive into today\u2019s Connections <\/em>answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn\u2019t sure how today\u2019s groups fit together.<\/p>\n If I\u2019ve missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, let me know via email or on Discord<\/a>. I don\u2019t typically look at X or check the comments here. <\/p>\n I\u2019m going to assume that you\u2019ve already beaten today\u2019s game. We\u2019re going straight into spoiler territory<\/strong> here. So, consider this your one and only warning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Here are today\u2019s NYT Connections<\/em> answers explained (and any red herrings I spot) for Monday, May 18:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe8 homophones (PAIR, PARE, PEAR, P\u00c8RE)<\/p>\n Straightforward enough. Spoken aloud, these all sound like PAIR. And also PARE.<\/p>\n Somehow, PEAR sounds the same too. And so does P\u00c8RE!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe9 rupture (BLOW, CRACK, POP, SPLIT)<\/p>\n These are just synonyms. Nothing much more to spell out here!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe6 MLB player (PADRE, RED, ROYAL, TWIN)<\/p>\n These refer to:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfea fruit anagrams (CHEAP, EARP, LUMP, WIKI)<\/p>\n These are referring to:<\/p>\n Connections often has some red herrings. Let’s take a look at today’s (assuming I spotted any).<\/span><\/p>\n SSPL via Getty Images<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n POP, PADRE and P\u00c8RE are all words that mean \u201cfather.\u201d (I don\u2019t think there were any others on the grid?) <\/p>\n EARP, PEAR and PARE are all anagrams as well. Those gave me pause as I looked for a fourth one. PADRE was close!<\/p>\n I also thought it was a little sneaky to have PEAR (itself an anagram of EARP) on a grid that features a fruit anagram category. <\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to chat about today\u2019s game of Connections <\/em>and just about anything else with me and a very lovely group of people, you can do just that in our Discord community<\/a>. We\u2019d love for you to hang out with us. <\/p>\n I\u2019ll be back with another set of NYT Connections<\/em> hints and answers tomorrow, as well as another edition of this one, all going well. You\u2019ll be able to find both of those on my Forbes <\/em>author page<\/a> when the time comes (following me there helps me out too!). As for the weekend editions of my NYT Connections<\/em> hints and answers column, I\u2019m currently doing that via my newsletter, Pastimes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
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Connections \u2013 Yellow Group<\/h3>\n
\nConnections \u2013 Green Group<\/h3>\n
\nConnections \u2013 Blue Group<\/h3>\n
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\nConnections \u2013 Purple Group<\/h3>\n
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<\/section>\nConnections \u2013 Red Herrings <\/h2>\n