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 14 (game #795).
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 #796) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TAKE CARE OF
- HAZE
- PAY
- РЕС
- FOOT
- FINE
- CASH
- THIGH
- BREAST
- МАС
- CAPITAL
- TENDER
- GRAND
- WING
- SETTLE
- BRILLIANT
NYT Connections today (game #796) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Chicken pieces
- GREEN: Sorting the check
- BLUE: Superb
- PURPLE: Partially fancy snacks
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 #796) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: POULTRY CUTS
- GREEN: HANDLE, AS A BILL
- BLUE: SPLENDID
- PURPLE: STARTS OF CULINARY NUTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #796) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #796, are…
- YELLOW: POULTRY CUTS BREAST, TENDER, THIGH, WING
- GREEN: HANDLE, AS A BILL FOOT, PAY, SETTLE, TAKE CARE OF
- BLUE: SPLENDID BRILLIANT, CAPITAL, FINE, GRAND
- PURPLE: STARTS OF CULINARY NUTS CASH, HAZE, MAC, PEC
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
The tile that read TAKE CARE OF stood out so much I honed in on finding common words to link to it.
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who did this and I’m also sure I wasn’t the only person to wonder about the phrase “FOOT the bill”. It comes from adding up a column of figures at the bottom of a page rather than anything to do with our feet.
My mistake came in thinking that CASH, CAPITAL, GRAND and TENDER were all expressions for money. I got “one away” but switched my attention to the far more obvious collection of POULTRY CUTS.
I love nuts, but even after the answers were revealed I struggled to think what PEC could be referring to. Are Pecan nuts culinary? I thought they were a poor man’s walnut.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, August 14, game #795)
- YELLOW: DERRIERE BACKSIDE, CABOOSE, SEAT, TAIL
- GREEN: USED TO HIT A BALL IN SPORTS BAT, MALLET, RACKET, STICK
- BLUE: COMPONENTS OF A BRIDE’S ENSEMBLE BOUQUET, BUSTLE, TRAIN, VEIL
- PURPLE: RHYMING COMPOUND WORDS BACKPACK, NITWIT, COOKBOOK, HUBUB
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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