Looking for a different day?
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 16 (game #797).
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 #798) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PRESS
- CLOSE
- WELCOME
- STAMP
- OPEN
- SPEECH
- HANDY
- ADDRESS
- PETITION
- ENVELOPE
- PUSH
- ACCESSIBLE
- NAME
- NEARBY
- ASSEMBLY
- EXIT
NYT Connections today (game #798) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Local places
- GREEN: Put it in the post
- BLUE: Seen at an entrance
- PURPLE: Protected by the US Constitution
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 #798) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONVENIENTLY LOCATED
- GREEN: NEEDS FOR SENDING A LETTER
- BLUE: WORDS ON A DOOR
- PURPLE: FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #798) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #798, are…
- YELLOW: CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ACCESSIBLE, CLOSE, HANDY, NEARBY
- GREEN: NEEDS FOR SENDING A LETTER ADDRESS, ENVELOPE, NAME, STAMP
- BLUE: WORDS ON A DOOR EXIT, OPEN, PUSH, WELCOME
- PURPLE: FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS ASSEMBLY, PETITION, PRESS, SPEECH
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 mistake
I made one mistake today and it came from rushing to put together a quartet before properly considering all 16 tiles.
Thinking I was collecting words linked to pressure on an opposing team, I grouped together PRESS, CLOSE, PUSH and ADDRESS.
I abandoned this pursuit and studied the board a bit more carefully immediately seeing NEEDS FOR SENDING A LETTER and then FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS, something I’m surprised warranted being a purple group.
The oddity of the round for me was completely overlooking the yellow group – something on reflection I really should have seen ahead of anything else.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 16, game #797)
- YELLOW: INTREPIDITY FORTITUDE, GRIT, PLUCK, RESOLVE
- GREEN: RENOVATIONS CONSTRUCTION, REPAIRS, UPGRADES, WORK
- BLUE: TROUNCE CREAM, CRUSH, ROUT, SHELLAC
- PURPLE: KINDS OF SOFT/LIGHTWEIGHT PAPER CREPE, ROLLING, TISSUE, TOILET
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.
