NYT Connections puzzle for Tuesday, May 27 (game #716) includes words like CAROUSEL, CANDELABRA, COASTER, CLOCK, SLIDE, GATE, RECORD, TEACUP, BEAST, PICK, LOUNGE, PANCAKE, STRUM, FRISBEE, BEND, FOOD COURT.
Hints for grouping today's words include circular, airport features, guitar playing techniques, and characters transformed into 'Beauty and the Beast'.
Answers for the groups are ROUND FLAT THINGS: COASTER, FRISBEE, PANCAKE, RECORD; AIRPORT FEATURES: CAROUSEL, FOOD COURT, GATE, LOUNGE; GUITAR PLAYING TECHNIQUES: BEND, PICK, SLIDE, STRUM; WHAT CHARACTERS WERE TRANSFORMED INTO IN 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST': BEAST, CANDELABRA, CLOCK, TEACUP.
Players discuss potential mistakes like categorizing FRISBEE with ROUND FLAT THINGS and the challenges faced in grouping the words correctly.
Previous day's Connections answers (Monday, May 26, game #715) included categories like ITEMS IN A LINEN CLOSET, DIAMETRIC, LINGERIE, and CARD GAMES WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED.
NYT Connections is a word game by New York Times where players find groups of related items; each level has varying difficulty with green being easy and purple being the hardest.
Players have limited mistakes but face challenges like hidden connections and misleading word associations in the game.