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NYT Connections August 9 2025 Answers

Puzzle #790

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

INSIDE PRODUCT MAZE SYRUP FRUIT KNOCK-KNOCK LET ME IN MUFFIN PRACTICAL GHOST RETURN SILK YIELD TWILIGHT DAD CASPER

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — RESULT
Green — KINDS OF JOKES
Blue — MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE
Purple — CORN-Y THINGS
RESULTFRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, YIELD
KINDS OF JOKESDAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, PRACTICAL
MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCECASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, TWILIGHT
CORN-Y THINGSMAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, SYRUP
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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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.