Today’s Connections hint and answer on 9th May for 333

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some hints for today’s Connections puzzle:

• Yellow – Involves closing a vessel.
• Green – How long something lasts.
• Blue – The action of manage something.
• Purple – Characteristics of a quite unique mammal.
• Tab belongs in the Yellow group, Spell in Green, and Check in Blue.

Remember – Yellow is the easiest group to find followed by Green and Blue, with Purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Connection words for 9th May

Here’s the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you form a connection before we visit today’s answer:

Connections answer for 9th May

Without further ado, here’s the Connections answer for today:

• Container Closures – Cap, Cork, Lid, Tab
• Duration – Period, Spell, Stretch, Time
• Regulate – Check, Contain, Curb, Limit
• Trademarks of a Platypus – Bill, Egg, Fur, Venom

My first goal was to try finding the other two words for Time and Period. Stretch was a good guess considering one can use it to represent the passage of time. For the second group, I had already Lid and Cork that indicated covering/closing something. Because of Lid, Tab from soda cans became a possible item for this group. Figuring out the third group involved picking Contain, Limit, and excluding words like Egg, Fur, and Venom.

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but, if you’ve already solved that today, then The New York Times does offer other games. When it comes to word-based games, The NYTimes has the Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and Strands, which is still in its beta phase. If you fancy a break from words, then you can also try Tiles – a motif matching game – or Sudoku.

Outside of The NYTimes, there’s Semantle – where you have to reach the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t count in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value your guesses have to chart your path to the answer. If you’d prefer to keep to the Connections format, however, then it’s worth visiting Puzzgrid. Here you’ll find hundreds of Connections-style puzzles, the twist, however, is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in a reading mood, then we’ve discussed why The NYTimes Mini Crossword is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, Head of Games for The NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s Connections!