NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, August 25 (game #806)

Date:
Sun, 24 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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Sunday, August 24 (game #805) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are PEARL JAM POM-POM FILTER PIPE CLEANER FEATHERS FIX TAMPER PEA WILLING GUZZLE MESS LIGHTER PICKLE SAD MOTHBALL NYT Connections today (game #806) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Sticky situation GREEN: Round items BLUE: Tobacco accoutrements PURPLE: Connected by the opposite of up

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 #806) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PREDICAMENT GREEN: SMALL SPHERICAL THINGS BLUE: PIPE-SMOKING ACCESSORIES PURPLE: WHAT "DOWN" MIGHT MEAN

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #806) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #806, are 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 My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

I really enjoy the little jokes in Connections when I see them, which isnt always, and today the PEARL and JAM tiles jumped out right away. I often feel as if these bits of wordplay are the starting point for the creators.

Anyway, this was a particularly tricky start to the puzzling week that took
me a long while to put together.

At first I thought that PIPE CLEANER and POM-POM belong together as they were made out of wool or fake wool, but this thought process led me up a blind alley that cost me a mistake.

Then, I thought we were looking for elements of fairytales so I had PEA for Princess and the Pea , FEATHERS for The Three Feathers , and PEARL for The Last Pearl . That cost me another mistake before I started to get things right.

I got PIPE-SMOKING ACCESSORIES thanks to LIGHTER and PIPE CLEANER and then PREDICAMENT and SMALL SPHERICAL THINGS fell into place. Challenging, but Im glad its all over. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, August 24, game #805) YELLOW: WINE VESSELS BOTTLE, CARAFE, DECANTER, GLASS GREEN: RIPPED CLEFT, RENT, SPLIT, TORN BLUE: KINDS OF SNAKES CORAL, GARTER, KING, RATTLE PURPLE: ____ CALL BOOTY, CLOSE, COLD, CURTAIN 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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