Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on May 20, 2025.
Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words ... without making more than four mistakes.
Today’s Connections has categories about pastoral props, case crackers and more.
Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #709, on May 20.
A hint for each Connections category today, May 20
Yellow group hint: Documents showing profits and losses
Green group hint: Things you’d find on a farm
Blue group hint: Iconic young-adult sleuths
Purple group hint: Relates to the place where you sleep
A word in each Connections category today, May 20
Yellow group word: Record
Green group word: Bale
Blue group word: Drew
Purple group word: Murphy
Connections categories today, May 20
Yellow group category: Account book
Green group category: Seen in a barn
Blue group category: Detectives of kid-lit
Purple group category: Words before “bed”
Here are the answers to Connections today, May 20
What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?
Account book: Ledger, log, record, register
What are the green words in today’s Connections?
Seen in a barn: Bale, horse, pitchfork, trough
What are the blue words in today’s Connections?
Detectives of kid-lit: Brown, Drew, Hardy, Holmes
What are the purple words in today’s Connections?
Words before “bed”: Canopy, day, Murphy, water
