NYT Connections Hints & Answers for August 22, 2025 (#803)

Today’s Categories & Hints

• 🟨 Yellow (Easy): Four of the 45
• 🟩 Green (Medium): Action surnames
• 🟦 Blue (Hard): Place your bets
• 🟪 Purple (Very Hard): Film titles featuring verbs as nouns

Today’s Answers

• 🟨 Yellow – U.S. PRESIDENTS: ADAMS, FORD, GRANT, WASHINGTON
• 🟩 Green – ACTORS WHOSE LAST NAMES ARE ALSO VERBS: CHEVY CHASE, CHRISTOPHER WALTZ, GEOFFREY RUSH, TOM CRUISE
• 🟦 Blue – KINDS OF POKER: DRAW, OMAHA, STRIP, STUD
• 🟪 Purple – PROPER NOUNS AFTER GERUNDS IN ’90s MOVIE TITLES: AMY, JOHN MALKOVICH, LAS VEGAS, PRIVATE RYAN

Yesterday’s Answers (August 21, 2025, Game #802)

• 🟨 Yellow – BLUNDER: BOO-BOO, FLUB, GAFFE, NO-NO
• 🟩 Green – LANDS OF THE IMAGINATION: DREAM, FANTASY, LA-LA, NEVER NEVER
• 🟦 Blue – THINGS WITH ANTENNA/E: INSECT, RADIO TOWER, SATELLITE DISH, TELETUBBY
• 🟪 Purple – “____ DOODLE”: CHEESE, DIPSY, GOOGLE, YANKEE

How to Play NYT Connections

Players group 16 words into four categories of increasing difficulty (green → yellow → blue → purple) within four attempts. Use the on-screen Shuffle button to spot new connections, and save your guesses—each mistake consumes one of your limited attempts.