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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle was a real stumper for me. I saw construction and shellac and was trying to make a list of house products, but that went nowhere fast. Need the answers? 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: Inner strength
Green group hint: Fix it up
Blue group hint: Wallop
Purple group hint: Parchment might be another kind
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Intrepidity
Green group: Renovations
Blue group: Trounce
Purple group: Kinds of soft/lightweight paper
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle No. 797 for Aug. 16, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is intrepidity. The four answers are fortitude, grit, pluck and resolve.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is renovations. The four answers are construction, repairs, upgrades and work.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is trounce. The four answers are cream, crush, rout and shellac.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of soft/lightweight paper. The four answers are crepe, rolling, tissue and toilet.
