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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 7 (game #788).
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 #789) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- DEGREE
- DRAW
- PAC-MAN
- VEST
- PAINT
- PRESENT
- TIE
- DOODLE
- MARVEL
- SQUARE
- SPACE
- EVEN
- DOZE
- GRANT
- CONFER
- PASS NOTES
NYT Connections today (game #789) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Words that describe a 1-1 scoreline
- GREEN: To give
- BLUE: Drifting off
- PURPLE: Two consonants with several meanings
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 #789) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKE EQUAL, AS A SCORE
- GREEN: BESTOW
- BLUE: THINGS YOU MIGHT DO DURING A BORING CLASS/ MEETING
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER THE LETTERS "MS"
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #789) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #789, are…
- YELLOW: MAKE EQUAL, AS A SCORE DRAW, EVEN, SQUARE, TIE
- GREEN: BESTOW CONFER, GRANT, PRESENT, VEST
- BLUE: THINGS YOU MIGHT DO DURING A BORING CLASS/ MEETING DOODLE, DOZE, PASS NOTES, SPACE
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER THE LETTERS "MS" DEGREE, MARVEL, PAC-MAN, PAINT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
Today’s Connections flew way over my head. I’d already used up two mistakes on the easiest group, so the odds were stacked against me.
And yes I did think DRAW, PAINT and DOODLE should be in a group together and in search of a last one picked PRESENT for no logical reason whatsoever – this was not my greatest day.
If you found this edition straightforward and the word SPACE didn’t send you into a tailspin of confusion (surely it should have said “space out”) then kudos.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, August 7, game #788)
- YELLOW: MOUSE ACTIONS CLICK, DRAG, HOVER, SCROLL
- GREEN: PERFORATE BORE, PIERCE, POKE, PUNCH
- BLUE: ONES WITH POINTY EARS BATMAN, DEVIL, ELF, VULCAN
- PURPLE: WIMBLEDON WINNERS BORG, GRAF, KING, SINNER
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.
