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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 12 (game #793).
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 #794) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FISH
- CHICK
- CLIP
- ENTRANCE
- BANGLE
- GATE
- CHARM
- PASSAGE
- EXTRACT
- RIVET
- SUPREME
- BOARD
- GO-GO
- QUOTE
- THRILL
- STRUCK
NYT Connections today (game #794) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Under their spell
- GREEN: A section of content
- BLUE: Female pop band
- PURPLE: Precede with a word that rhyme with “bar”
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 #794) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CAPTIVATE
- GREEN: EXCERPT
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A GIRL GROUP
- PURPLE: STAR___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #794) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #794, are…
- YELLOW: CAPTIVATE CHARM, ENTRANCE, RIVET, THRILL
- GREEN: EXCERPT CLIP, EXTRACT, PASSAGE, QUOTE
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A GIRL GROUP BANGLE, CHICK, GO-GO, SUPREME
- PURPLE: STAR___ BOARD, FISH, GATE, STRUCK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I’m classifying today’s round as tricky, because although I didn’t make any mistakes I did come pretty close to trying to make one group made up of jewelry items (CHARM, CLIP, BANGLE) and another about access points (GATE, ENTRANCE, PASSAGE).
Thankfully, I didn’t fall for either of these traps – mainly because I remembered to consider the less obvious meanings of words; RIVET was the last one I put in the CAPTIVATE group, as I was locked into thinking it was a fastener.
I was really pleased to get MEMBER OF A GIRL GROUP, as I’d puzzled for a while over what GO-GO could refer to before remembering the group the Go-Gos and their brilliant song Our Lips Are Sealed.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, August 12, game #793)
- YELLOW: GROUPS OF TEN BOWLING PINS, COMMANDMENTS, DECADE, FINGERS
- GREEN: PLACES WITH LANES BOWLING ALLEY, HIGHWAY, SUPERMARKET, SWIMMING POOL
- BLUE: LANDMARKS IN DOWNTOWN NYC BOWLING GREEN, BROOKLYN BRIDGE, CITY HALL, WALL STREET
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH HOLES BOWLING BALL, COLANDER, GOLF COURSE, SPONGE
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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