NYT Connections August 1 2025 Answers
Puzzle #782
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
PLAYWRIGHT DEAN ROOF TEMPLE FACULTY WREATH BENT SWORD GARLAND HAY GIFT WRAP JACKPOT FLAIR GABLE ROAD
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — APTITUDE
Green — SILENT “W”
Blue — LEGENDS OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD
Purple — HIT THE ___
APTITUDEBENT, FACULTY, FLAIR, GIFT
SILENT “W”PLAYWRIGHT, SWORD, WRAP, WREATH
LEGENDS OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOODDEAN, GABLE, GARLAND, TEMPLE
HIT THE ___HAY, JACKPOT, ROAD, ROOF
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.