NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 5 (game #786)

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 #786) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• DRESS
• SCARF
• SUBWAY
• GRATE
• PIPE
• TUBE
• CUBE
• ZIP
• HEALTH
• CARROT
• UNDERGROUND
• SECRET
• METRO
• MINCE
• COAL
• SLICE

NYT Connections today (game #786) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Urban trains
• GREEN: Veg reduction 
• BLUE: The weather outside is frightful 
• PURPLE: Password 

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 #786) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: SUBTERRANEAN TRANSIT 
• GREEN: MAKE INTO SMALLER PIECES WHILE COOKING 
• BLUE: USED TO DECORATE A SNOWMAN 
• PURPLE: CODE 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #786) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #786, are…

• YELLOW: SUBTERRANEAN TRANSIT METRO, SUBWAY, TUBE, UNDERGROUND
• GREEN: MAKE INTO SMALLER PIECES WHILE COOKING CUBE, GRATE, MINCE, SLICE
• BLUE: USED TO DECORATE A SNOWMAN CARROT, COAL, PIPE, SCARF
• PURPLE: CODE DRESS, HEALTH, SECRET, ZIP

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• My rating: Hard
• My score: Perfect

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Did you know that if you were to lay all the track of the New York SUBWAY from end to end it would reach all the way to Chicago?

I know this because today’s Connections sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole looking at the world’s SUBTERRANEAN TRANSIT systems.

Anyway, I digress. This was a great game for me, as I completed it in color order and it made me feel smarter than I am.

This was mainly down to getting USED TO DECORATE A SNOWMAN – giving us this group in the middle of the summer is a bit sneaky, but seeing COAL and CARROT beside each other I knew what we were looking for.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, August 4, game #785)

• YELLOW: ARTHROPODS APHID, BEETLE, MITE, TICK
• GREEN: TREES BEECH, CEDAR, PINE, YEW
• BLUE: [LETTER] (IS) FOR __ APPLE, COOKIE, EFFORT, VENDETTA
• PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUNDS LIKE TWO LETTERS DECAY, EASY, GEO, ZITI

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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.