NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 7 (game #788)

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 #788) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• BORE
• BORG
• POKE
• DEVIL
• SCROLL
• VULCAN
• DRAG
• KING
• ELF
• PUNCH
• BATMAN
• SINNER
• GRAF
• CLICK
• PIERCE
• HOVER

NYT Connections today (game #788) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Computer activity
• GREEN: Make some holes 
• BLUE: A body part in common
• PURPLE: Grand Slam champs

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 #788) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: MOUSE ACTIONS 
• GREEN: PERFORATE 
• BLUE: ONES WITH POINTY EARS
• PURPLE: WIMBLEDON WINNERS

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

NYT Connections today (game #788) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #788, are…

• YELLOW: MOUSE ACTIONS CLICK, DRAG, HOVER, SCROLL
• GREEN: PERFORATE BORE, PIERCE, POKE, PUNCH
• BLUE: ONES WITH POINTY EARS BATMAN, DEVIL, ELF, VULCAN
• PURPLE: WIMBLEDON WINNERS BORG, GRAF, KING, SINNER

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• My rating: Hard
• My score: 1 mistake

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Yesterday I was excited at the prospect of getting all four groups in difficulty order for the third day in a row. Sadly, I failed in my mission.

After getting the yellow and green groups fairly quickly I was left with 16 words and only one idea of what the connection could be – Star Trek.

Showing my utter lack of knowledge on this topic, I thought that we were looking for species that featured in the long-running franchise, but knowing only VULCAN this was a pointless (no pun intended) task.

Instead, I saw the tennis players. BORG had been one of my Star Trek possibilities but I soon remembered Bjorn, the excellent Fila-attired 1970s superstar whose life took an unexpected detour into the world of underwear design.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, August 6, game #787)

• YELLOW: ACCESSORY WITH A POINTY FASTENER BADGE, BROOCH, BUTTON, PIN
• GREEN: TEASE BAIT, NEEDLE, RAG, RIB
• BLUE: BOXING PUNCHES CROSS, HOOK, JAB, UPPERCUT
• PURPLE: MUSCLE NICKNAMES PLUS "S" SHAMMY, SPEC, SQUAD, STRAP

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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.