NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Sunday, August 25 (game #441)
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.
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 clues.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
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 #441) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
STEAMINGPOKERAIRBAKINGLAUNDRYRANKINGBOILINGSTATIONHEATINGORIGAMIPOSITIONFUMINGSTANDINGVENTILATIONLIVIDCONDITIONING
NYT Connections today (game #441) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Very angryGreen: RatingBlue: Acronym for air circulationPurple: Needs a turn over
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 #441) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: HOPPING MADGREEN: STATUSBLUE: WORDS THAT MAKE UP THE ACRONYM “HVAC”PURPLE: ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FOLDING
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NYT Connections today (game #441) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #441, are…
YELLOW: HOPPING MAD BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMINGGREEN: STATUS POSITION, RANKING, STANDING, STATIONBLUE: WORDS THAT MAKE UP THE ACRONYM “HVAC” AIR, CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATIONPURPLE: ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FOLDING BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER
My rating: ModerateMy score: 1 mistake
It’s always interesting to see the order in which the NYT places the groups in Connections. Today, for instance, purple – the most difficult – is ‘Activities that involve folding’, which I solved first out of all the groups. Blue is supposedly easier, but that was the acronym HVAC, a term I was entirely unaware of and could only solve by default. I guess one person’s difficult answer is another’s easy one…
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 24 August, game #440)
YELLOW: VISUAL INTERFACE DISPLAY, MONITOR, SCREEN, TERMINALGREEN: BURLESQUE WEAR BOA, CORSET, FAN, GLOVESBLUE: BEIGE SHADES BUFF, CREAM, FAWN, TANPURPLE: LANGUAGE HOMOPHONES BASK, CHECK, FINISH, TIE
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.