NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 2 (game #783)

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 #783) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• COMMERCE
• STRIKE
• CLEAVE
• FOUL
• ADHERE
• CONGRESS
• SPLIT
• STICK
• OVERSIGHT
• GLUE
• GARNISH
• RELATIONS
• SANCTION
• INTIMACY
• AFFIX
• SPARE

NYT Connections today (game #783) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Bind two things together 
• BLUE: Ten pin scoring
• GREEN: Birds and bees activity 
• PURPLE: Double meaning

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 #783) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: ATTACH WITH ADHESIVE 
• BLUE: BOWLING RESULTS
• GREEN: POLITE TERMS FOR SEX 
• PURPLE: CONTRONYMS (WORDS THAT CAN MEAN OPPOSITE THINGS)

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

NYT Connections today (game #783) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #783, are…

• YELLOW: ATTACH WITH ADHESIVE ADHERE, AFFIX, GLUE, STICK
• BLUE: BOWLING RESULTS FOUL, SPARE, SPLIT, STRIKE
• GREEN: POLITE TERMS FOR SEX COMMERCE, CONGRESS, INTIMACY, RELATIONS
• PURPLE: CONTRONYMS (WORDS THAT CAN MEAN OPPOSITE THINGS) CLEAVE, GARNISH, OVERSIGHT, SANCTION

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• My rating: Hard
• My score: 2 mistakes

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The NYT didn’t use the most obvious CONTRONYMS (WORDS THAT CAN MEAN OPPOSITE THINGS) today, in my opinion at least.

Two good ones would have been “buckle” and “fast”, which would have certainly put me in doubts over whether they belonged in the group that was about attachments.

Anyway, all of this is to mask my embarrassment over taking three guesses to get POLITE TERMS FOR SEX.

I thought that this group had something to do with international trade, so I tried including SANCTION and OVERSIGHT before swapping them out for INTIMACY.

Please tell me I wasn’t the only person that didn’t see this group!

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, August 1, game #782)

• YELLOW: APTITUDE BENT, FACULTY, FLAIR, GIFT
• GREEN: SILENT "W" PLAYWRIGHT, SWORD, WRAP, WREATH
• BLUE: LEGENDS OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD DEAN, GABLE, GARLAND, TEMPLE
• PURPLE: HIT THE ____ HAY, JACKPOT, ROAD, ROOF

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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.