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 21, 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 fast fixes, flipped lids and more.
Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #710, on May 21.
A hint for each Connections category today, May 21
Yellow group hint: Don’t let them in
Green group hint: Click to access
Blue group hint: Spread it, stick it, spritz it, pop it
Purple group hint: Flip the lid
A word in each Connections category today, May 21
Yellow group word: Block
Green group word: Music
Blue group word: Patch
Purple group word: Waffle iron
Connections categories today, May 21
Yellow group category: Prohibit, as entry
Green group category: Folders on a Mac
Blue group category: Medicine formats
Purple group category: Things that open like a clam
Here are the answers to Connections today, May 21
What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?
Prohibit, as entry: Bar, block, deny, refuse
What are the green words in today’s Connections?
Folders on a Mac: Desktop, music, pictures, trash
What are the blue words in today’s Connections?
Medicine formats: Cream, patch, spray, tablet
What are the purple words in today’s Connections?
Things that open like a clam: Clam, compact, laptop, waffle iron
