NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Saturday, August 3 (Contest #419)
It’s Saturday, it’s the weekend, and it’s time for another Connections puzzle from the NYT. This one isn’t too hard, but there are hints below if you get stuck.
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 #419) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- BULL
- HAST
- STAIRS
- SCAFFOLDING
- BEAR
- TONGUE
- PENS
- STOMACH
- HIGH
- HEELS
- SENSATION
- MOUSE
- NONSENSE
- AT A DISTANCE
- TO TAKE
- bunk bed
NYT Connections Today (Contest #419) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Good feeling
- Vegetable: Tolerate it
- Blue: Complete junk
- Purple: Things to press or knock together?
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 #419) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT
- GREEN: TOLERATE
- BLUE: NONSENSE
- PURPLE: THINGS TO CLICK ON
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #419) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #419, are…
- YELLOW: A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT HIGH, KICK, RUSH, EXCITEMENT
- GREEN: TOLERATE CARRY, STAND, STOMACH, TAKE
- BLUE: NONSENSE BALONEY, BULL, BUNK, PENS
- PURPLE: THINGS TO CLICK ON HEELS, MOUSE, REMOTE CONTROL, TONGUE
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
This is probably one of the easiest Connections puzzles of the past few weeks, although the fourth and final group can be tricky. But many people won’t have to worry about that, since the other three easy sets are synonyms. The only complication is the usual dose of NYT misdirection, but if you’ve resisted the urge to play STOMACH, TRIPE, and TONGUE together (some kind of nasty meat group?) or to merge KICK, RUSH, and TAKE into a sports-related group, you’ll be fine.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Friday, August 2, Contest #418)
- YELLOW: STRETCHING, AS SOMEONE’S PATIENCE VOLTAGE, LOAD, TESTING, TRYING
- GREEN: THINGS A DJ DOES MIXING, SAMPLING, SCRATCHING, TURNING
- BLUE: ADJECTIVES USED IN GRAMMAR DIRECT, IRREGULAR, POSSESSIVE, PRESENT
- PURPLE: WHAT “GREEN” CAN MEAN ECOLOGICAL, JEALOUS, LUSH, NAUSEOUS
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.
