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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has one category that could be in the Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, so hopefully you know something about a certain sport. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Computer tasks.
Green group hint: Make a hole in.
Blue group hint: Cats have these.
Purple group hint: Tennis triumph.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Mouse actions.
Green group: Perforate.
Blue group: Ones with pointy ears.
Purple group: Wimbledon winners.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 7, 2025, #788.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is mouse actions. The four answers are click, drag, hover and scroll.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is perforate. The four answers are bore, pierce, poke and punch.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is ones with pointy ears. The four answers are Batman, devil, elf and Vulcan.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is Wimbledon winners. The four answers are Borg, Graf, King and Sinner.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
