NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 26 (game #807)

Date:
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Monday, August 25 (game #806) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are TOAD RIDE TATTOO BAR MOLE FOOT HEEL BADGER RAT HARRY STEP SCAR CREEP PIERCING BUG SKUNK NYT Connections today (game
#807) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Useful ID features GREEN: A contemptible person BLUE: Nag, nag, nag PURPLE: Add a sit down word that rhymes with fool

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 #807) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS GREEN: A REAL JERK BLUE: PESTER PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "STOOL"

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #807) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #807, are YELLOW: DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS MOLE, PIERCING, SCAR, TATTOO GREEN: A REAL JERK CREEP, HEEL, RAT, SKUNK BLUE: PESTER BADGER, BUG, HARRY, RIDE PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "STOOL" BAR, FOOT, STEP, TOAD My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

It took me two goes to get A REAL JERK, because I included MOLE instead of CREEPthinking this was a group made of criminal-related slang. And before
that I foolishly lumped together HEEL, FOOT, and STEP (plus BAR) in the mistaken belief that there was some kind of podiatry connection.

After giving away these two mistakes I made progress with the green and blue groups, although I wasnt sure how RIDE made it alongside BADGER, BUG, and HARRY.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS was probably a lot easier if you work in the emergency services or watch a lot of crime procedurals, but it took a lot of staring at the final eight tiles for the penny to drop for me. Arduous. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, August 25, game #806) 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 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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