Connections hint: Today's Connections wordsBelow you'll find various hints for today's Connections.
First we'll reveal the words in today's Connections, followed by our Connections hint for each group.
Here are the 16 Connections words for today:ADVANTAGECABOOSECANCHESSCOLONELDEUCEFORTYHONEYHOTLOVEMOONPEACHPECANPUMPKINSHOOFLYYELLOWConnections hint for Thursday 21st MayHere are your Connections hints for today:Yellow hint: Dessert menu entries.
Connections hints: All of today's Connections groupsIf you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!
Looking for some Connections hints to help with today's puzzle on Thursday, 21st May? We get it! You work hard for your streak, and all it takes is one bad Connections day to send that down the drain.
That's why we create these Connections guides! So you can draw from our handy hints and/or answers and save that streak.
How to play Connections
Connections is one of the most popular (and challenging) daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.
For instance, the words "Hook", "Nana", "Peter", and "Wendy" are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, "Action", "Ballpark", "Go", and "Stick" are all words which commonly come just before the word "Figure". These are the kinds of Connections you'll need to make to solve the puzzle.
Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together - but be wary, because a lot of the time there are deceptive red herring connections placed purely to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in each day's Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).
Click here to play today's Connections puzzle!
Connections hint: Today's Connections words
Below you'll find various hints for today's Connections. Each of the below hints will make it progressively easier for you to solve today's puzzle. First we'll reveal the words in today's Connections, followed by our Connections hint for each group. Then we'll reveal one word inside each group, followed by the groups themselves; and finally, at the bottom of this page, we'll reveal the answers to today's Connections puzzle. Here are the 16 Connections words for today:
ADVANTAGE
CABOOSE
CAN
CHESS
COLONEL
DEUCE
FORTY
HONEY
HOT
LOVE
MOON
PEACH
PECAN
PUMPKIN
SHOOFLY
YELLOW
Connections hint for Thursday 21st May
Here are your Connections hints for today:
Yellow hint: Dessert menu entries.
Dessert menu entries. Green hint: Nicknames for your most portable cushion.
Nicknames for your most portable cushion. Blue hint: Game, set, match!
Game, set, match! Purple hint: One word comes after.
One word comes after. Extra hint 1: One set forms familiar compounds.
One set forms familiar compounds. Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'C'
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
Yellow: Pumpkin
Green: Caboose
Blue: Forty
Purple: Yellow
Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!
Connections hints: All of today's Connections groups
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
Yellow: Kinds of Pies
Kinds of Pies Green: Things Associated With Butts
Things Associated With Butts Blue: Tennis Scoring Terms
Tennis Scoring Terms Purple: ___ Mustard
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!
Connections answer today
Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Thursday, 21st May:
Yellow: Kinds of Pies (Chess, Pecan, Pumpkin, Shoofly)
Kinds of Pies (Chess, Pecan, Pumpkin, Shoofly) Green: Things Associated With Butts (Caboose, Can, Moon, Peach)
Things Associated With Butts (Caboose, Can, Moon, Peach) Blue: Tennis Scoring Terms (Advantage, Deuce, Forty, Love)
Tennis Scoring Terms (Advantage, Deuce, Forty, Love) Purple: ___ Mustard (Colonel, Honey, Hot, Yellow)
Is anyone else hungry after today's puzzle or is it just me? I was already hungry beforehand, but now my plans of getting a healthy sandwich for lunch have been foiled and I now want pie. I must say, though, I have never heard of chess or shoofly pie before. I believe I have been missing out!
Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!
