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Hints for today's Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Adjust the picture.
Green group hint: Starting to fade.
Blue group hint: Do the math.
Purple group hint: Not on the door, but...
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: TV display settings.
Green group: Fuzzy, as a memory.
Blue group: Results of some arithmetic.
Purple group: Window treatments in the singular.
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What are today's Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 9, 2025, #698.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is TV display settings. The four answers are brightness, color, contrast and tint.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is fuzzy, as a memory. The four answers are dim, faint, remote and vague.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is results of some arithmetic. The four answers are difference, product, quotient and sum.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is window treatments in the singular. The four answers are blind, drape, shade and shutter.
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