Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for May 17 #1071
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: It can transport fluids or other materials.
Green group index: What a scammer does.
Blue group index: Earl Grey, hot.
Purple group index: Place for education.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Driving.
Green group: Scam.
Blue group: Verbs for making tea.
Purple group: “School” modifiers.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections puzzle completed by May 17, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is conduit. The four answers are conduit, conduit, main, and pipe.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is scam. The four answers are fleece, pipe, compression and stiff.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is verbs for making tea. The four answers are boil, pour, brew and strain.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is “school” modifiers. The four answers are grade, grammar, secondary and primary.
