NYT 'Hints and Solutions' for Sunday, August 3rd's 'Connections' Puzzle.
The popular puzzle game "Connections" continues to captivate players outside of the main crossword, standing as the second-most popular NYT Games offering. On August 2, 2025, the game presented a fresh challenge with four sets of connected words to identify.
The four groups and their respective hints were:
- Yellow: It's getting sticky!
- Answers: Copy, Echo, Mirror, Parrot
- Green: Polite terms for sex
- Answers: Cricket, Golf, Polo, Squash
- Blue: Trends
- Answers: Bug, Craze, Fad, Fever
- Purple: A singular version of various animal-themed band names
- Answers: Beetle, Bird, Gorilla, Monkey
The purple group was hinted as "A singular version of various animal-themed band names," while the blue group was suggested as "Trends." The yellow group answers were "Copy, Echo, Mirror, Parrot," and the green group answers were "Cricket, Golf, Polo, Squash."
The game "Connections" offers a free, daily brain-teasing experience. Each group's answers could come before or after each other, and the difficulty tiers were coded by color, with yellow being the easiest and purple being the hardest.
In addition to "Connections," there are three other puzzles available in the NYT Games platform: "Unscramble The Anagram," "Pinpoint," "Queens," and "Crossclimb." "Unscramble The Anagram" challenges players to unscramble an anagram to reveal a phrase, while "Pinpoint" requires players to guess the category. "Queens" is a puzzle where the goal is to crown each region, and "Crossclimb" is a trivia ladder puzzle.
Players should be aware that there is a certain number of tries allowed in the "Connections" game before failing. The hints for the groups in today's "Connections" were:
- Yellow: Attach with adhesive
- Green: Polite terms for sex
- Blue: Trends
- Purple: Contronyms (words with opposite meanings)
The goal of "Connections" is to find links between four pairs of four words. Players can enjoy this engaging puzzle right here on the NYT Games platform.
On August 3rd, players seeking technology-related clues may find answers in the "Connections" puzzle, specifically in the purple group hinted as "A singular version of various animal-themed band names." Meanwhile, entertainment enthusiasts might lean towards the green group, hinted as "Polite terms for sex," to test their knowledge and win the challenge on the New York Times Games platform.
