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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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 24 (game #805).
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 #806) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PEARL
- JAM
- POM-POM
- FILTER
- PIPE CLEANER
- FEATHERS
- FIX
- TAMPER
- PEA
- WILLING
- GUZZLE
- MESS
- LIGHTER
- PICKLE
- SAD
- MOTHBALL
NYT Connections today (game #806) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Sticky situation
- GREEN: Round items
- BLUE: Tobacco accoutrements
- PURPLE: Connected by the opposite of “up”
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 #806) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PREDICAMENT
- GREEN: SMALL SPHERICAL THINGS
- BLUE: PIPE-SMOKING ACCESSORIES
- PURPLE: WHAT “DOWN” MIGHT MEAN
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #806) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #806, are…
- YELLOW: PREDICAMENT FIX, JAM, MESS, PICKLE
- GREEN: SMALL SPHERICAL THINGS MOTHBALL, PEA, PEARL, POM-POM
- BLUE: PIPE-SMOKING ACCESSORIES FILTER, LIGHTER, PIPE CLEANER, TAMPER
- PURPLE: WHAT “DOWN” MIGHT MEAN FEATHERS, GUZZLE, SAD, WILLING
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I really enjoy the little jokes in Connections when I see them, which isn’t always, and today the PEARL and JAM tiles jumped out right away. I often feel as if these bits of wordplay are the starting point for the creators.
Anyway, this was a particularly tricky start to the puzzling week that took me a long while to put together.
At first I thought that PIPE CLEANER and POM-POM belong together as they were made out of wool or fake wool, but this thought process led me up a blind alley that cost me a mistake.
Then, I thought we were looking for elements of fairytales so I had PEA for Princess and the Pea, FEATHERS for The Three Feathers, and PEARL for The Last Pearl. That cost me another mistake before I started to get things right.
I got PIPE-SMOKING ACCESSORIES thanks to LIGHTER and PIPE CLEANER and then PREDICAMENT and SMALL SPHERICAL THINGS fell into place. Challenging, but I’m glad it’s all over.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, August 24, game #805)
- YELLOW: WINE VESSELS BOTTLE, CARAFE, DECANTER, GLASS
- GREEN: RIPPED CLEFT, RENT, SPLIT, TORN
- BLUE: KINDS OF SNAKES CORAL, GARTER, KING, RATTLE
- PURPLE: ____ CALL BOOTY, CLOSE, COLD, CURTAIN
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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