NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Sunday, August 25 (Contest #441)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need some clues.
What do you do when you’re done? Well, play some word games of course. I also have daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about today’s NYT Connections. So don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #441) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- STEAMING
- POKER
- AIR
- BAKING
- THE LAUNDRY
- RANKINGS
- BOILING
- STATION
- HEATING
- ORIGAMI
- POSITION
- SMOKING
- STANDING
- VENTILATION
- ANGRY
- CONDITIONING
NYT Connections Today (Contest #441) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Very angry
- Vegetables: Judgement
- Blue: Acronym for air circulation
- Purple: Must be turned over
Do you need more pointers?
We’re really getting into 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 #441) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HOPPING CRAZY
- GREEN: STATUS
- BLUE: WORDS THAT FORM THE ACRONYM “HVAC”
- PURPLE: ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOLDING
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #441) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #441, are…
- YELLOW: HOPPING CRAZY BOILING, SMOKING, ALIVE, STEAMING
- GREEN: STATUS POSITION, ARRANGEMENT, STATE, STATION
- BLUE: WORDS THAT FORM THE ACRONYM “HVAC” AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATION
- PURPLE: ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOLDING BAKING, WASHING, ORIGAMI, POKER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 error
It’s always interesting to see the order in which the NYT places the groups in Connections. For example, today purple – the hardest – is “Activities involving folding”, which I solved first of all the groups. Blue should be easier, but it was the acronym HVAC, a term I didn’t know at all and could only solve by default. I guess one person’s hard answer is another person’s easy answer…
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Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, August 24, Contest #440)
- YELLOW: VISUAL INTERFACE DISPLAY, MONITOR, SCREEN, TERMINAL
- GREEN: BURLESQUE WEAR BOA, CORSET, FAN, GLOVES
- BLUE: BEIGE SHADES BLUE, CREAM, SERIES, BROWN
- PURPLE: LANGUAGE HOMOPHONES BASK, CHECK, FINISH, STRIK
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically have to solve the last question, because you can answer it by elimination. Plus, you can make a maximum of four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It is a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can obscure the answers.
It is free to play via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
