NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 31 (game #812)

Date:
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? 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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #811) .

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. NYT Connections today (game #812) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are DRUM BASS FISH CARDS FIDDLE ROAST DOES
FLAME CHOP AXES BLAST DICE COORDINATE PIECES BOARD BASH NYT Connections today (game #812) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Strong put downs GREEN: Parts needed for tabletop entertainment BLUE: Spelt the same sounds different PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with picks

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 #812) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: CRITICIZE HARSHLY GREEN: COMMON COMPONENTS OF BOARD GAMES BLUE: HETERONYMS PURPLE :___STICKS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #812) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #812, are YELLOW: CRITICIZE HARSHLY BASH, BLAST, FLAME, ROAST GREEN: COMMON COMPONENTS OF BOARD GAMES BOARD, CARDS, DICE, PIECES BLUE: HETERONYMS AXES, BASS, COORDINATE, DOES PURPLE :___STICKS CHOP, DRUM, FIDDLE, FISH My rating: Hard My score: Fail

I made a mess of this game. My first mistake was in thinking we were looking for a group that was about cooking ROAST, DICE, CHOP and FLAME.

Then I gathered all the instruments, before making a third mistake putting together a group of words vaguely connected to being fired from a job CARDS, AXES, CHOP, BLAST.

Basically I didnt have a clue!

However, before failing again I did manage to put together the CRITICIZE HARSHLY group. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 30, game #811) YELLOW: MUSIC GENRES EMO, FUNK, METAL, POP GREEN: NOT BE GOOD BITE, BLOW, STINK, SUCK BLUE: DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL EAT, ROCK, RULE, SLAY PURPLE: CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS CAGE, ENO, GLASS, REICH 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.



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