NYT Connections August 31 2025 Answers
Puzzle #812
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
DRUM BASS FISH CARDS FIDDLE ROAST DOES FLAME CHOP AXES BLAST DICE COORDINATE PIECES BOARD BASH
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CRITICIZE HARSHLY
Green — COMMON COMPONENTS OF BOARD GAMES
Blue — HETERONYMS
Purple — ___STICKS
CRITICIZE HARSHLYBASH, BLAST, FLAME, ROAST
COMMON COMPONENTS OF BOARD GAMESBOARD, CARDS, DICE, PIECES
HETERONYMSAXES, BASS, COORDINATE, DOES
___STICKSCHOP, DRUM, FIDDLE, FISH
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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.