NYT Connections Hints and Answers for May 2, 2024

Solving the NYT Connections puzzle today was an absolute breeze. If you seem to be stuck, then keep reading. With that, let’s begin breaking down all the hints, categories, and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for May 2!

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 strive to be this
  • Green Category – Things used to fix car trouble
  • Blue Category – A certain actor is in all of these
  • Purple Category – Sometimes music and words come together

Additional Hint: Have you seen the movie HER?

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 – HIGHLY SKILLED
  • Green –USED TO FIX A FLAT
  • Blue – JOAQUIN PHEONIX MOVIES
  • Purple – WORDS STARTING WITH MUSIC GENRES

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 2

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


  • HIGHLY SKILLED – Ace, Crackerjack, Expert, Hotshot
  • USED TO FIX A FLAT – Chock, Jack, Tire, Wrench
  • JOAQUIN PHEONIX MOVIES – Gladiator, Her, Joker, Signs
  • WORDS STARTING WITH MUSIC GENRES – Popcorn, Rapture, Rocketry, Soulmate

NYT May 2 Answers

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle was a musical and cinematic journey for me. I began by quickly solving the Blue category first. Truth be told, this was hardly a surprise as I absolutely love Joaquin Phoenix. I then moved on to the Yellow category, and seeing as I’m such a hotshot, I quickly solved this one, too.

While I have fixed enough flats in my life, I had never heard the word Chock before. I guess that’s also used to fix tires. In any case, I had four words left, as usual. I got them all together, along with the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for May 2.

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.