NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 9 (game #790)

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 #790) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

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

NYT Connections today (game #790) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: The final outcome
• GREEN: Funny ha-ha 
• BLUE: Spooky love stories 
• PURPLE: Add a word that goes with flakes

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 #790) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: RESULT 
• GREEN: KINDS OF JOKES 
• BLUE: MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE 
• PURPLE: CORN-Y THINGS 

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

NYT Connections today (game #790) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #790, are…

• YELLOW: RESULT FRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, YIELD
• GREEN: KINDS OF JOKES DAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, PRACTICAL
• BLUE: MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE CASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, TWILIGHT
• PURPLE: CORN-Y THINGS MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, SYRUP

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• My rating: Hard
• My score: 3 mistakes

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I’ll be honest, I absolutely hated Connections yesterday. Not just because I failed, but because it didn’t make sense to me – even in hindsight.

I didn’t do much better today, but at least I understood the links once I finally limped across the line with four correct groups.

My mistake meltdown came in trying to connect what became KINDS OF JOKES. With just eight tiles left I eventually got lucky, but equally I was annoyed that I hadn't seen the easiest of today’s quartets. 

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, August 8, game #789)

• YELLOW: MAKE EQUAL, AS A SCORE DRAW, EVEN, SQUARE, TIE
• GREEN: BESTOW CONFER, GRANT, PRESENT, VEST
• BLUE: THINGS YOU MIGHT DO DURING A BORING CLASS/ MEETING DOODLE, DOZE, PASS NOTES, SPACE
• PURPLE: WORDS AFTER THE LETTERS "MS" DEGREE, MARVEL, PAC-MAN, PAINT

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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.