NYT Connections August 3 2025 Answers
Puzzle #784
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
MIRROR BEETLE POLO BIRD GOLF GORILLA PARROT CRICKET FEVER ECHO SQUASH BUG MONKEY FAD COPY CRAZE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — EMULATE
Green — SPORTS
Blue — MANIA
Purple — SINGLE ANIMAL IN A CREATIVELY SPELLED BAND NAME
EMULATECOPY, ECHO, MIRROR, PARROT
SPORTSCRICKET, GOLF, POLO, SQUASH
MANIABUG, CRAZE, FAD, FEVER
SINGLE ANIMAL IN A CREATIVELY SPELLED BAND NAMEBEETLE, BIRD, GORILLA, MONKEY
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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.