Connections #789 Answers
Friday, August 8, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #789 for Friday, August 8, 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): make equal, as a score
- Green: bestow
- Blue: things you might do during a boring class/meeting
- Purple (hardest): words after the letters “ms”
Answers
MAKE EQUAL, AS A SCORE
DRAW, EVEN, SQUARE, TIE
BESTOW
CONFER, GRANT, PRESENT, VEST
THINGS YOU MIGHT DO DURING A BORING CLASS/MEETING
DOODLE, DOZE, PASS NOTES, SPACE
WORDS AFTER THE LETTERS “MS”
DEGREE, MARVEL, PAC-MAN, PAINT
Previous Connections answers
- #788 — mouse actions, perforate, ones with pointy ears, wimbledon winners
- #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)
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