Do you like making connections in life? No, I am not talking about the ones on LinkedIn, but NYT’s much-hyped Connections game. Unlike the social media app, creating a connection in the game is pretty easy as you need to categorize four similar words into a category. It’s a simple yet challenging game that can test your wits as well as your vocabulary skills. So, without any further ado, here are the answers and hints for today’s NYT Connections #788 for August 7, 2025.
Today’s NYT Connections #788 Hints for August 7, 2025
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- Yellow category hint: actions performed with a mouse
- Green category hint: to make a hole in something
- Blue category hint: fictional characters with pointed ears
- Purple category hint: surnames of famous tennis players
Did you guess all the words? Let’s take a look at them below.
Today’s NYT Connections #788 Answer for August 7, 2025
Click here to reveal the solution to resolve today’s NYT Connections:
- Yellow Category: Click, Drag, Hover, Scroll (Mouse Actions)
- Green Category: Bore, Pierce, Poke, Punch (Perforate)
- Blue Category: Batman, Devil, Elf, Vulcan (Ones With Pointy Ears)
- Purple Category: Borg, Graf, King, Sinner (Wimbledon Winners)
What do you think of today’s NYT Connections puzzle?
Today’s Connections puzzle was a great mix of easy and clever. Yellow and Green were pretty quick to figure out; those words just clicked into place. Blue was a nice “aha!” moment once I saw the pattern there. But Purple, wow, that was the real challenge. The words in that group looked so random at first! It took some real thought, but when I finally saw the trick, it was super clever. A solid 4 out of 5 for a puzzle that was both easy and smart!
How to Play NYT Connections
Playing NYT Connections is pretty straightforward, as you need to group four similar words in a single group. However, the difficulty increases, with the yellow category being the easiest and purple being the hardest. The green category refers to moderate difficulty, while blue is complex, being one notch above.
There are 16 words in each puzzle, and there is a theme for each group, although the puzzle doesn’t reveal it. You only get four chances to correctly guess every group’s meaning; you can have four incorrect guesses, so use them wisely. If the answer is correct, you can move on to the next grou;p otherwise, you are stuck with the same one.
Moreover, just like Wordle, Connections refreshes every 24 hours, so you will need to wait till the next day for a fresh one. Also, if you guess incorrectly, there’s no way to play the game again, and it will simply reveal the correct results.
While playing the game itself does not require an NYT connection, you will need to create one if you wish to track your progress. You can also share your results by copying them to the clipboard and pasting them wherever you want.
