NYT Connections hints for game 812 on a purple background<span class="credit">(Image credit: New York Times)</span>

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 30 (game #811).[1]

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[2] and Quordle hints and answers[3] articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today[4] 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 #812) – today’s words

NYT Connections hints for game 812 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

  • DRUM
  • BASS
  • FISH
  • CARDS
  • FIDDLE
  • ROAST
  • DOES
  • FLAME
  • CHOP
  • AXES
  • BLAST
  • DICE
  • COORDINATE
  • PIECES
  • BOARD
  • BASH

NYT Connections today (game #812) – hint #1 – group hints

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: Strong put downs
  • GREEN: Parts needed for tabletop entertainment
  • BLUE: Spelt the same sounds different
  • PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “picks”

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 #812) – hint #2 – group answers

What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: CRITICIZE HARSHLY
  • GREEN: COMMON COMPONENTS OF BOARD GAMES
  • BLUE: HETERONYMS
  • PURPLE :___STICKS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #812) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 812 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections, game #812, are…

  • YELLOW: CRITICIZE HARSHLY BASH, BLAST, FLAME, ROAST
  • GREEN: COMMON COMPONENTS OF BOARD GAMES BOARD, CARDS, DICE, PIECES
  • BLUE: HETERONYMS AXES, BASS, COORDINATE, DOES
  • PURPLE :___STICKS CHOP, DRUM, FIDDLE, FISH

  • My rating: Hard
  • My score: Fail

I made a mess of this game. My first mistake was in thinking we were looking for a group that was about cooking – ROAST, DICE, CHOP and FLAME.

Then I gathered all the instruments, before making a third mistake putting together a group of words vaguely connected to being fired from a job – CARDS, AXES, CHOP, BLAST.

Basically I didn’t have a clue!

However, before failing again I did manage to put together the CRITICIZE HARSHLY group. 


Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 30, game #811)

  • YELLOW: MUSIC GENRES EMO, FUNK, METAL, POP
  • GREEN: NOT BE GOOD BITE, BLOW, STINK, SUCK
  • BLUE: DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL EAT, ROCK, RULE, SLAY
  • PURPLE: CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS CAGE, ENO, GLASS, REICH

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[5] on desktop or mobile.

References

  1. ^ NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #811) (www.techradar.com)
  2. ^ Strands hints and answers (www.techradar.com)
  3. ^ Quordle hints and answers (www.techradar.com)
  4. ^ Wordle today (www.techradar.com)
  5. ^ NYT Games site (www.nytimes.com)

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