Connections #788 Answers

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Here are the answers to NYT Connections #788 for Thursday, August 7, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.

Hints — the four group themes

Yellow (easiest): mouse actions
Green: perforate
Blue: ones with pointy ears
Purple (hardest): wimbledon winners

Answers

MOUSE ACTIONS

CLICK, DRAG, HOVER, SCROLL

PERFORATE

BORE, PIERCE, POKE, PUNCH

ONES WITH POINTY EARS

BATMAN, DEVIL, ELF, VULCAN

WIMBLEDON WINNERS

BORG, GRAF, KING, SINNER

Previous Connections answers

#787 — accessory with a pointy fastener, tease, boxing punches, muscle nicknames plus “s”
#786 — subterranean transit, make into smaller pieces while cooking, used to decorate a snowman, ___ code
#785 — arthropods, trees, [letter] (is) for ___, words that sounds like two letters
#784 — emulate, sports, mania, single animal in a creatively spelled band name
#783 — attach with adhesive, polite terms for sex, bowling results, contronyms (words that can mean opposite things)
#782 — aptitude, silent “w”, legends of classic hollywood, hit the ___

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