How today's NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together.
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Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! We’ll be getting into spoilers for today’s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my NYT Connections hints and answers column for today right here:
ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Friday, May 8 Clues And Answers (#1,062)
Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to my deeper dive into today’s Connections answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how today’s groups fit together.
If I’ve missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, let me know via email or on Discord. I don’t typically look at X or check the comments here.
I’m going to assume that you’ve already beaten today’s game. We’re going straight into spoiler territory here. So, consider this your one and only warning.
Here are today’s NYT Connections answers explained (and any red herrings I spot) for Friday, May 8:
🟨 canoodling (FIRST BASE, MAKING OUT, NECKING, TONSIL HOCKEY)
These are all synonyms or metaphors for kissing. TONSIL HOCKEY specifically refers to French kissing.
FIRST BASE refers to the baseball-inspired “running the bases” metaphor for sex. You can use your imagination as to what second base, third base and a home run mean (or just read about it on Wikipedia).
🟩 five-sided things (HOME PLATE, JEANS BACK POCKET, SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN, THE PENTAGON)
I think we need some visual representation for this group.
HOME PLATE is the last base that a baseball player has to touch to score a run:
Home plate on a baseball field
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A JEANS BACK POCKET typically has two slanted edges at the base rather than a straight, horizontal one:
Close up of blue denim jeans back pockets
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SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN is one I had to look up, because I wasn’t too familiar with it:
School crossing sign
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THE PENTAGON is a five-sided building in Arlington County, Virginia, that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense:
Aerial view of the Pentagon complex with surrounding roads, parking and greenery.
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🟦 unexpected places to be "out of" (LEFT FIELD, NOWHERE, THE BLUE, THIN AIR)
If something is “out of LEFT FIELD," “out of THE BLUE” etc, it’s unexpected. In WWE, Randy Orton’s RKO finisher is often delivered as a surprise (i.e. from “out of NOWHERE”). It still amazes me just how well the last one in this video worked:
🟪 ending in candy brands minus "S" (BURGER KING WHOPPER, FILM NERD, MEMENTO, PITCHER’S MOUND)
These refer to:
Connections often has some red herrings. Let's take a look at today's (assuming I spotted any).
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FIRST BASE, HOME PLATE, LEFT FIELD and PITCHER’S MOUND are all features of a baseball field.
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