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 28 (game #809).
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 #810) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- SHELL
- MUSHROOM
- WAX
- BANANA
- STAR
- STOCK
- FIGURE
- BALLOON
- GULF
- MOUNT
- 7-10
- 7-ELEVEN
- PERSONALITY
- CHEVRON
- LICKETY
- NAME
NYT Connections today (game #810) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Notable human
- GREEN: Growing
- BLUE: Petrol stops
- PURPLE: Pull apart
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 #810) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FAMOUS PERSON
- GREEN: INCREASE
- BLUE: PLACES THAT SELL GAS
- PURPLE: SPLIT
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #810) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #810, are…
- YELLOW: FAMOUS PERSON FIGURE, NAME, PERSONALITY, STAR
- GREEN: INCREASE BALLOON, MOUNT, MUSHROOM, WAX
- BLUE: PLACES THAT SELL GAS 7-ELEVEN, CHEVRON, GULF, SHELL
- PURPLE: SPLIT 7-10, BANANA, LICKETY, STOCK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
I crashed out today after cobbling together the yellow group having already made a couple of errors.
Annoyingly, I was on the right track for three of the groups. I thought that SPLIT was the link but I had PERSONALITY and CHEVRON instead of 7-10 and STOCK. Not even getting one away tricked me into thinking I was off track.
Then, with just one mistake left, I had BALLOON, MUSHROOM, and MOUNT but had STOCK instead of WAX.
Being based in the UK I think I can be forgiven for missing PLACES THAT SELL GAS, but, regardless, this was a poor round for me.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, August 28, game #809)
- YELLOW: PLACES TO GET TRAPPED NET, SNARE, TANGLE, WEB
- GREEN: USED FOR TEA CUP, KETTLE, TEABAG, WATER
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH HARDNESS DIAMOND, NAILS, ROCK, STEEL
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH KEYBOARD KEYS CANTAB, CYBERSPACE, ICECAPS, MAKESHIFT
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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