NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, August 18 (game #799)

Date:
Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Sunday, August 17 (game #798) .

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 #799) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are CUE STOP BREAKFAST SHOT POOL POCKET PROMPT PARKING CHANCE WI-FI DIGITAL OPENING WRIST NOD BREAK SIGNAL NYT Connections today (game #799) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: A good hint GREEN: Seize the moment BLUE: The Hilton offers these PURPLE: A small clock

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 #799) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: INDICATION GREEN: OPPORTUNITY BLUE: HOTEL AMENITIES PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "WATCH"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #799) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #799, are YELLOW: INDICATION CUE, NOD, PROMPT, SIGNAL GREEN: OPPORTUNITY BREAK, CHANCE, OPENING, SHOT BLUE: HOTEL AMENITIES BREAKFAST, PARKING, POOL, WI-FI PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "WATCH" DIGITAL, POCKET, STOP, WRIST My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake

I have been playing Connections from the start, but 799 games in and Im still getting caught out by the NYT's tricks.

Today, my mistake came in thinking that there had to be a group that was linked by billiards, pool or snooker as we had CUE, POCKET, BREAK, and SHOT.

The word POOL which was also in the opening 16 tiles was a trick, or so I thought. Fortunately, my guess was so wrong I didnt even get a one away, so I turned my attention elsewhere.

I was pleased to get the purple group before the end. I broke my Apple Watch recently in an accident, so maybe thats why I got WORDS BEFORE WATCH and completely missed HOTEL AMENITIES. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, August 17, game #798) 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 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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