NYT Connections Today: Hints and answers for May 19, 2025

Yellow Group – FUNDRAISING EVENT

These are events typically held to raise money for a cause:

Ball

Benefit

Function

Gala

Green Group – SPACES ON A MONOPOLY BOARD

These are all names of Monopoly game spaces:

Avenue

Chance

Railroad

Utility

Blue Group – FEATURES OF TOOTHED WHALE

These are parts or traits of a toothed whale:

Blubber

Flipper

Fluke

Melon

Purple Group – HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE FOOT

These words sound like foot-related terms but are spelled differently or mean something else:

Bawl (sounds like ball)

Heal (sounds like heel)

Soul (sounds like sole)

Tow (sounds like toe)