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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, August 7 (game #1153).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #1154) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- EASY
- WHOOPEE
- BELT
- GOGGLES
- CUTIE
- PHRASE
- PIN
- COUCH
- HOT DOG
- EFFECTS
- EXPRESS
- RAZOR
- I OWE YOU
- YAHOO
- FRAME
- HURRAH
NYT Connections today (game #1154) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Jolly hockeystick type phrases
- GREEN: How you say it
- BLUE: Shortened with a letter
- PURPLE: Begin with a secure word
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1154) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT
- GREEN: CONVEY
- BLUE: WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES
- PURPLE: SAFETY _____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1154) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1154, are…
- YELLOW: QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT: HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO
- GREEN: CONVEY: COUCH, EXPRESS, FRAME, PHRASE
- BLUE: WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES: CUTIE, EASY, EFFECTS, I OWE YOU
- PURPLE: SAFETY _____: BELT, GOGGLES, PIN, RAZOR
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I watch the occasional black and white movie from the 1930s and they are always saying things like HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO, so this yellow group came easily enough.
My error came with the purple group. I saw that SAFETY was a link between BELT, PIN and GOGGLES but plumped for PHRASE as my fourth tile — I was thinking this is an expression people use in wrestling or something when things have got too serious.
Meanwhile, I’m glad I managed to collect the four words meaning CONVEY, as WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES flew way over my head.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, August 7, 2026, game #1153)
- YELLOW: COMPONENTS OF A CANDLE: FRAGRANCE, JAR, WAX, WICK
- GREEN: COLD THINGS: LIQUID NITROGEN, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW, SUNDAE
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN ELEVATOR: BUTTONS, CABLES, MOTOR, SHAFT
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH MALE ANIMALS: BUCKYBALL, JACKPOT, RAMBO, TOMATILLO
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
