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 31 (game #812).[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 #813) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PRESIDENT
- MOTHER
- BISHOP
- BIRD
- CLERGY MEMBER
- PREMIERE
- M.L.B. PLAYER
- POPE
- SAINT
- VALENTINE
- INTRODUCTION
- N.F.L. PLAYER
- LORDE
- LAUNCH
- BURNS
- SAINT PATRICK
- DEBUT
NYT Connections today (game #813) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: When it begins
- GREEN: National day
- BLUE: Wordsmiths
- PURPLE: Linked by a word associated with red
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 #813) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FIRST APPEARANCE
- GREEN: ONES CELEBRATED WITH HOLIDAYS
- BLUE: FAMOUS POETS
- PURPLE: WHAT “CARDINAL” MIGHT REFER TO
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #813) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #813, are…
- YELLOW: FIRST APPEARANCE DEBUT, INTRODUCTION, LAUNCH, PREMIERE
- GREEN: ONES CELEBRATED WITH HOLIDAYS MOTHER, PRESIDENT, SAINT PATRICK, SAINT VALENTINE
- BLUE: FAMOUS POETS BISHOP, BURNS, LORDE, POPE
- PURPLE: WHAT “CARDINAL” MIGHT REFER TO BIRD, CLERGY MEMBER, M.L.B. PLAYER, N.F.L. PLAYER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
Congratulations to anyone who completed today’s Connections. A round for me which bordered on the impossible.
In part, my difficulty with today’s game fell down to two areas of ignorance – American sports and poetry. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who thought we were looking for a connection to the New Zealand singer LORDE as opposed to the poet Audre Lorde. But this wasn’t too much of an issue, as I was unaware of BISHOP and POPE too.
After comfortably getting the yellow group I struggled to make headway and fell into the obvious trap of trying to put together a group connected by religion and then leadership.
I did manage to put together ONES CELEBRATED WITH HOLIDAYS, but with one mistake left and completely clueless I crashed out after letting a shuffle do the guessing for me.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, August 31, game #812)
- 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
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
- ^ NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 31 (game #812) (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Strands hints and answers (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Quordle hints and answers (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Wordle today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ NYT Games site (www.nytimes.com)