NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Friday, August 9 (game #425) (2024)

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Here's the final Connections puzzle of the week… and the 425th since it began more than a year ago. Give it a try, see if you can solve it, use my hints if not.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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Marc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Connections today (game #425) - today's words

NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Friday, August 9 (game #425) (3)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • HORROR
  • CHEERLEADER
  • PUNK
  • JOCK
  • MIA
  • GOTH
  • WAVE
  • GLAM
  • CHAMPION
  • ELSEWHERE
  • VALUE
  • EXPONENT
  • GONE
  • METAL
  • ADVOCATE
  • ABSENT

NYT Connections today (game #425) - hint #1 - group hints

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

  • Yellow: Not here
  • Green: Fan
  • Blue: Play it loud
  • Purple: [Word for a surprise] blank

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…

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NYT Connections today (game #425) - hint #2 - group answers

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

  • YELLOW: NOT PRESENT
  • GREEN: SUPPORTER
  • BLUE: ROCK GENRES
  • PURPLE: SHOCK ___

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

NYT Connections today (game #425) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #425, are…

  • YELLOW: NOT PRESENT ABSENT, ELSEWHERE, GONE, MIA
  • GREEN: SUPPORTER ADVOCATE, CHAMPION, CHEERLEADER, EXPONENT
  • BLUE: ROCK GENRES GLAM, GOTH, METAL, PUNK
  • PURPLE: SHOCK ___ HORROR, JOCK, VALUE, WAVE
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: 1 mistake

I was a little careless today, lulled into a false sense of security by completing green and yellow very quickly at the start of the game then being faced with what looked like two more easy groups. And they were – but for some reason I played [SHOCK] JOCK, VALUE, HORROR and… METAL? I have no idea why I thought SHOCK METAL was a thing, but I corrected my mistake swiftly with WAVE, and completed this Connections puzzle in no more than a couple of minutes once again. I sense a more difficult Connections game may be coming soon… surely?

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, 8 August, game #424)

  • YELLOW: SPLASHY WAYS TO ENTER A POOL BACKFLIP, BELLYFLOP, CANNONBALL, JACKKNIFE
  • GREEN: REITERATE ECHO, PARROT, QUOTE, REPEAT
  • BLUE: MAINSTAY ANCHOR, BACKBONE, CORNERSTONE, PILLAR
  • PURPLE: ___ RADIO HAM, PIRATE, SATELLITE, TALK

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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Marc McLaren

Global Editor in Chief

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).

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NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Friday, August 9 (game #425) (2024)

FAQs

What are the answers to the August 9 NYT Connections? ›

The theme is supporter. The four answers are advocate, champion, cheerleader and exponent.

What is the meaning of Mia in Connections? ›

MIA is an acronym with two common meanings. It can stand for "Master of International Affairs," or it can be used to mean "missing in action," usually in the military.

What are the levels of Connections in the nyt? ›

When a player successfully identifies a group, its category is revealed along with a color-coded difficulty level: categories are rated yellow, green, blue, or purple, with yellow being the most straightforward and purple being the most difficult.

How to play Connections in Word game? ›

In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to each other. You do this four times, until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that Times associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu chooses words that could fit in multiple groups.

What happened on August 9th? ›

1945 An Atomic Bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. 3 days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the city of Nagasaki was destroyed by a 21 kiloton atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Boy.

What is the character of August 9th? ›

Domineering: August 9 born individuals tend to take charge, often imposing their will on others. Inflexible: They may struggle to adapt to new ideas or accept different viewpoints. Possessive: Their strong attachment to people or things can lead to controlling behaviour.

What does sorry I've been Mia mean? ›

MIA means "missing in action" and can be either used literally or figuratively. Though most of us know the term in a lighthearted context, the term "MIA" actually gets its roots from military classifications. The term refers to members of the military who are reported missing during war or a ceasefire.

What does Mia mean from a girl? ›

This moniker also thought to be a variation of the traditional Latin name Maria, meaning "star of the sea." Mia, a tiny name with international appeal, shares Scandinavian and Spanish roots, meaning "mine" with the alternative and uplifting meaning of someone "beloved." Similar-sounding names that you may also like ...

What does Mia mean on a phone? ›

abbreviation for missing in action: used for saying that someone or something has disappeared and you do not know where they are: Adam just went MIA on Nina and stopped answering her calls.

How to beat connections game? ›

Therefore, the best policy is to shuffle the words before making your first guess. There's no harm in looking over the words before shuffling, but don't actually try to identify a group of four before clicking Shuffle. And if shuffling once doesn't help you see at least one potential grouping, try again.

Do the colors mean anything in the Connections game? ›

For example, these categories could be aisles in the grocery store or television networks. Each group of connections is colour-coded based on the level of difficulty. The yellow group is the easiest, while blue and green have medium levels of difficulty. The purple group is typically the hardest one to figure out.

What is the hardest category in Connections? ›

In Connections, each category has a different difficulty level. Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.

How to play nyt connections for free? ›

Currently, you do not have to register or sign in to play as Connections is free to play on all platforms. We do recommend creating a New York Times account or signing in with an existing New York Times account so you can play Connections across devices or platforms while retaining your progress.

What does 1 away mean in Connections? ›

It always tells you if you're one away: If you submit a guess where three of your answers are right, and one is wrong, the game will tell you that you're just one away from a full category.

Is nyt connection no longer free? ›

Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.

What was the result of Wordle on 9th August? ›

Today's Wordle answer is OUNCE.

What is the answer to the 10th of August in Wordle? ›

Today's word is MEDIC, a noun. According to Webster's New World College Dictionary, it refers to a physician or a medical officer in a military.

What is the answer to August 8 on Worldle? ›

'Wordle' #1,146, Answer for Thursday, August 8

Today's Wordle answer is "Saucy." Wordle updates every day at midnight in your local time zone, at which point the next puzzle becomes available. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.

What is the answer to the August 11 Wordle? ›

Today's word is SCONE, a noun.

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