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Date : Thu Sep 04 2025 15:15:09

NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, September 5 (game #817)

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Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each 
day for your time zone  which means that some people are always playing 
'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for 
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers 
for Thursday, September 4 (game #816) . 

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that 
challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so 
read on if you need Connections hints. 

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of 
course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and 
answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today 
page covers the original viral word game. 

 SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't 
read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game 
#817) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are HAN SOLO FREE ZING RAM KICK STAG BUCK 
SINGLE SONG JACK TANG MING PUNCH BILLY ZEST NYT Connections today (game #817) 
- hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Pleasantly 
sharp taste GREEN: No ties BLUE: Boy beasts PURPLE: Ruling groups in a 
specific country 

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 NYT 
Connections today (game #817) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PIQUANCY 
GREEN: AVAILABLE BLUE: MALE ANIMALS PURPLE: CHINESE DYNASTIES 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #817) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #817, are YELLOW: PIQUANCY KICK, 
PUNCH, ZEST, ZING GREEN: AVAILABLE FREE, SINGLE, SOLO, STAG BLUE: MALE 
ANIMALS BILLY, BUCK, JACK, RAM PURPLE: CHINESE DYNASTIES HAN, MING, SONG, 
TANG My rating: Hard My score: Fail 

I made all my mistakes today after falling into a self-inflicted trap where I 
was so determined to get a quartet correct that I ploughed onwards without 
pausing to perhaps look at other groups. 

My obsession was the group that became PIQUANCY and I tried four different 
combinations before eliminating TANG from the equation and finally moving on. 

STAG was my final downfall, as I included it alongside BILLY, BUCK and RAM 
instead of thinking it may have something to do with men attending social 
events without women. Not my finest day. Hope you did better. Yesterday's NYT 
Connections answers (Thursday, September 4, game #816) YELLOW: WHAT YOU MIGHT 
SEE ON A CHRISTMAS TREE ANGEL, CANDY CANE, STRING LIGHTS, TINSEL GREEN: CLEAN 
UP, AS A PHOTOGRAPH AIRBRUSH, FIX, PHOTOSHOP, TOUCH UP BLUE: FRENCH FOOD 
WORDS CORNICHON, PAIN, PAMPLEMOUSSE, VINAIGRETTE PURPLE: THINGS WITH CELLS 
HONEYCOMB, ORGANISM, SOLAR PANEL, SPREADSHEET 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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