NYT Connections Hints and Answers for May 4, 2024

I don’t know about you, but the force was with me today! If you wish to have the same luck with the NYT Connections puzzle today, keep reading. With that, let’s break down all the hints, categories, and answers for the NYT Connections for May the 4th!

Hint for Today’s Connections Themes

Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.


  • Yellow Category – We all love to enjoy something
  • Green Category – The new generation uses these a lot
  • Blue Category – A safekeeping device uses these
  • Purple Category – Even measurement can sound alike

Additional Hint: Do you like Homophones?

We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. They are all related to the categories for the puzzle, so think hard before you scroll down below to see the exact category names. We also think you don’t need an additional hint for today. However, if you still can’t find them and need more help, maybe these tricks to solve NYT Connections will help.


Spoiler Warning #1


While this section included hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only proceed if ready.

Today’s Connections Category Names

If you still can’t figure out the NYT Connections category names, keep reading for more help.


  • Yellow – ENJOY
  • Green – FILLER WORDS
  • Blue – COMPONENTS OF A LOCK
  • Purple – HOMOPHONES OF UNITS OF MEASURE

We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.


Spoiler Warning #2
The next section includes the answer for today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to solve it yourself.

Connections Answer for May 4

Are you still stuck with the puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:


  • ENJOY – Fancy, Love, Relish, Savor
  • FILLER WORDS – Like, Literally, Um, Well
  • COMPONENTS OF A LOCK – Cylinder, Pin, Spring, Tumbler
  • HOMOPHONES OF UNITS OF MEASURE – Carrot, Hurts, Jewel, Om

NYT May 4 Answers

Honestly, I was disappointed that today’s NYT Connections puzzle didn’t feature a single Star Wars reference. Nonetheless, I began by solving the Yellow category first. Who doesn’t like enjoying nice things, right? As such, these were as typical as they come.

I then moved on to the Green category, and boy, oh boy, does Gen Z love to use these annoying terms. With that, umm, like done, I proceeded to the Blue category. Besides the word Tumbler, I had all of them quite easily. However, I also identified the word lock after some quick word association.

As usual, only four words remained. I put them all together, along with the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for May 4.

NYT Connections Past Answers

We hope the answers above helped you solve the NYT Connections puzzle for today. However, if you stumbled here by accident, there’s a chance you might be looking for answers to previous puzzles.

Well, for such times and more, we have you covered. Feel free to go through our directory to NYT Connections for the last three days for all the help you need.

What about you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.