Today's Connections Hints & Answers For May 29, 2024 (Puzzle #352)

May 29 has some new to solve and today's answers should be a quick win for most fans of the game. There aren't too many extreme misdirections in today's combinations, which can make for a quicker experience. There is always a possibility that you could get stuck though so one of the best tips is to utilize the game's Shuffle button.

Oftentimes, certain words will be automatically placed next to other words to force a false connection in your brain. Mixing up the order of words is an easy way to help your brain see different combinations. For example, in a previous game, they used the words SPONGE, BOB, SQUARE, and PANTS and placed them all at the top. It was an almost guaranteed wasted attempt for many that day. Shuffling it all up helps remove the temptation and see better matches.

This tricky little five by five crossword isn't always as easy as it looks; here are a couple easy tips and tricks to beat your friends' times!

Before we fully spoil all of today's Connections answers, let's go over the daily categories.

FOOD

PILOT

INTIMIDATE

___ MARKET

FOOD

CHOW

EATS

FARE

GRUB

Yes, delicious food categories, always a quick score for us. We did however waste an attempt trying to make STEER, MEAT, COW, and BULL work, but once we really didn't see much more to that we cast it aside and looked at the other words. EATES and GRUB were the quick starters here and the other two jumped in quite fast.

PILOT

DIRECT

GUIDE

LEAD

STEER

Green was our second score for the day and our insistence that BULL, COW, and STEER had to be something led us to another wasted attempt. After that one GUIDE jumped into our brains and STEER made perfect sense. Searching around we quickly found the other two and moved on to the next category.

The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.

INTIMIDATE

BULLY

COW

DAUNT

RATTLE

Now that the STEER/BULL connection was dead we didn't have to