- For NYT Connections with 5 categories, the answers are grouped into: colors: green, a type of AmEx card with the letter “W.”
- Word group: Honey, Nuts, Oats, Seeds; green: Card, Cash, Check, Wire; hint: Centurion, Gold, Green, Platinum; final group: Tungsten, West, Win, With.
- The hints are based on a connection between Connections Bot on Forbes named 2/5, and on CNET, it says the categories are without the correct rating.
For the clues and answers, see CNET and CNET.
In the hints for the NYT Connections puzzle for today, five categories are provided, along with clues for each of them. The puzzle is solved with 16 words, which need to be sorted into four groups of four words.
According to the clues for 5 categories, the groups are as follows: group — Honey, Nuts, Oats, Seeds; green group — Card, Cash, Check, Wire; sign group — Centurion, Gold, Green, Platinum; final group — Tungsten, West, Win, With. Forbes also provides a separate hint with the words in each group.
Forbes also notes that Connections Bot identifies its 2/5 difficulty level, while CNET’s clue for its “difficult categories” is based on the correct words. However, Forbes says that the author’s clue for the tungsten group is tied to “W,” which wins are associated with the metal tungsten.