Connections #790 Answers
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #790 for Saturday, August 9, 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): result
- Green: kinds of jokes
- Blue: movies featuring supernatural romance
- Purple (hardest): corn-y things
Answers
RESULT
FRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, YIELD
KINDS OF JOKES
DAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, PRACTICAL
MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE
CASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, TWILIGHT
CORN-Y THINGS
MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, SYRUP
Previous Connections answers
- #789 — make equal, as a score, bestow, things you might do during a boring class/meeting, words after the letters “ms”
- #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
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