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Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.<\/span><\/p>\n getty<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Each day\u2019s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today\u2019s NYT Connections hints, here\u2019s what you missed on Sunday:<\/em><\/p>\n Forbes<\/span>NYT \u2018Connections\u2019 Hints And Answers For Sunday, May 17<\/span>By Erik Kain<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the start of a new week. I\u2019m very happy to be back here with you for another weekday run of this column.<\/p>\n As you might know by now, I like to get things started on Mondays with a fun, upbeat song for no other reason than to help you get your week started on a positive note.<\/p>\n I\u2019m gonna do something a little different this week. It\u2019s not going to be for everyone. It\u2019s very much my bag, though.<\/p>\n I saw my favorite band live the other day and, as ever, put on a heck of a show. They have a playlist of songs for the changeovers \u2013 the breaks between their support acts and before their own headlining set \u2013 that\u2019s filled with EDM remixes of rock and metal songs from the likes of Nirvana, Blink 182, Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park and Slipknot. <\/p>\n The band shared this playlist on YouTube a while back and it absolutely rules. Because of the performers and this playlist, I didn\u2019t stop dancing for a minute at the show. Fantastic night:<\/p>\n Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord<\/a>, where we chat about Connections<\/em>, the rest of the NYT<\/em> games and all kinds of other stuff. It\u2019s a lovely group of folks. You\u2019re more than welcome to join us. <\/p>\n Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes<\/em><\/a>. If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections <\/em>columns, I publish longer pieces along similar lines on Pastimes <\/em>as well. I think you\u2019d dig them.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s NYT<\/em> Connections <\/em>hints and answers for Monday, May 18 are coming right up. Let\u2019s get rolling!<\/p>\n Connections <\/em>is a free New York Times <\/em>daily word game that you can play on the NYT<\/em>\u2019s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections <\/em>archive, which includes every previous game.<\/p>\n Connections <\/em>presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don\u2019t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that\u2019s what you have to figure out.<\/p>\n There\u2019s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it\u2019s game over.<\/p>\n Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs \u2013 part of the fun of Connections<\/em> is in how the NYT <\/em>shakes things up to keep you on your toes.<\/p>\n As with Wordle<\/em> and similar games, it\u2019s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.<\/p>\n Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow \u2013 correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.<\/p>\n Scroll slowly!<\/strong> I\u2019ll first give you a list of today\u2019s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I\u2019ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I\u2019ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s 16 words are…<\/p>\n And the hints for today\u2019s Connections <\/em>groups are:<\/p>\n Need some extra help? <\/p>\n Be warned: we\u2019re starting to get into spoiler territory.<\/strong><\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at one answer for each group.<\/p>\n Here we go\u2026 <\/p>\n Today\u2019s Connections <\/em>groups are…<\/p>\n Spoiler alert! <\/strong>Don\u2019t scroll any further down the page until you\u2019re ready to find out today\u2019s Connections<\/em> answers.<\/p>\n This is your last chance to look away. <\/p>\n This is your final warning!<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Connections <\/em>answers are… <\/p>\n The POP\/PADRE\/P\u00c8RE red herring for “dad” words didn’t fool me. Not with three homophones for the latter on the grid. That took care of the yellows, mes amis. That meant PADRE probably had to be an MLB player, which led me into the blues.<\/p>\n From there, I noticed that what had to be the greens were bunched together in the middle of the grid. So I naturally had to submit the purples first. I had no clue about the category there, but I\u2019ll happily take another win \u2013 my 442nd in a row \u2013 to start the week on a positive note.<\/p>\n How did you get on today? Here’s my grid:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8 Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let\u2019s explore today\u2019s game in more depth in my NYT Connections<\/strong><\/em> Answers Explained column right here<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Forbes<\/span>NYT Connections Answers Explained For Monday, May 18 (#1,072)<\/span>By Kris Holt<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s all there is to it for today\u2019s Connections <\/em>clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Tuesday\u2019s game if you need them. <\/p>\n P.S. I really like The Last Dinner Party, and I think these two covers that they did are just swell. For BBC Radio 1, they covered \u201cNaked In Manhattan,\u201d which is one of my favorite Chappell Roan songs:<\/p>\n And for Triple J\u2019s excellent Like a Version <\/em>series, they performed \u201cCall Me\u201d by Blondie. Great stuff:<\/p>\n Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!<\/p>\n Please <\/em>follow my blog<\/u><\/em><\/a> for more <\/em>NYT Connections hints and help with other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play <\/em>Connections would be appreciated too. 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