A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 9 (game #790).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #791) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PULP
- BIOPIC
- FAN
- CALCIUM
- PULL
- CONCENTRATE
- SCIENCE
- GROUP
- HISTORICAL
- JUICE
- COLLECT
- CHEMISE
- SWAY
- TRIGLYCERIDE
- WEIGHT
- CLUSTER
NYT Connections today (game #791) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Clout
- GREEN: Gather
- BLUE: Reading matter
- PURPLE: Words begin with school abbreviations
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #791) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INFLUENCE
- GREEN: AMASS
- BLUE: KINDS OF FICTION
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES, FOR SHORT
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #791) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #791, are…
- YELLOW: INFLUENCE JUICE, PULL, SWAY, WEIGHT
- GREEN: AMASS CLUSTER, COLLECT, CONCENTRATE, GROUP
- BLUE: KINDS OF FICTION FAN, HISTORICAL, PULP, SCIENCE
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES, FOR SHORT BIOPIC, CALCIUM, CHEMISE, TRIGLYCERIDE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
While it was very tempting to find a group that could contain PULP, CONCENTRATE, and JUICE I couldn’t find a fourth word, so resisted the temptation of throwing in a random word. This is my most common type of Connections error, so I’m pleased I checked myself.
This did, however, leave me in a situation where I couldn’t see a single group – another common Connections feeling these days.
Thankfully, I remembered another meaning for JUICE and put together the INFLUENCE group.
Somehow, I managed to get the green group after seeing the link between SCIENCE and PULP – but this is where the good times ended.
I thought that TRIGLYCERIDE and CHEMISE belonged together, but after two attempts at trying to fluke my way to the finish line I switched tracks and saw the far more obvious green group. Phew!
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 9, game #790)
- YELLOW: RESULT FRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, YIELD
- GREEN: KINDS OF JOKES DAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, PRACTICAL
- BLUE: MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE CASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, TWILIGHT
- PURPLE: CORN-Y THINGS MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, SYRUP
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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