NYT Connections August 30 2025 Answers
Puzzle #811
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
BLOW GLASS FUNK STINK METAL ROCK BITE EAT CAGE EMO ENO RULE SLAY SUCK POP REICH
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — MUSIC GENRES
Green — NOT BE GOOD
Blue — DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL
Purple — CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS
MUSIC GENRESEMO, FUNK, METAL, POP
NOT BE GOODBITE, BLOW, STINK, SUCK
DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELLEAT, ROCK, RULE, SLAY
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERSCAGE, ENO, GLASS, REICH
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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.