Connections #801 Answers
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #801 for Wednesday, August 20, 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): black-and-white things
- Green: pairs of rods
- Blue: things that rotate about a vertical axis
- Purple (hardest): rods that curve at one end
Answers
BLACK-AND-WHITE THINGS
DOMINO, PIANO KEYS, YIN-YANG SYMBOL, ZEBRA
PAIRS OF RODS
CHOPSTICKS, CLAVES, KNITTING NEEDLES, SKI POLES
THINGS THAT ROTATE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS
BARBER POLE, CAROUSEL, CEILING FAN, LAZY SUSAN
RODS THAT CURVE AT ONE END
CANDY CANE, CROCHET HOOK, CROOK, CROWBAR
Previous Connections answers
- #800 — quite the talker, fortified wines, ___ rock, starting with ways to move quickly
- #799 — indication, opportunity, hotel amenities, words before "watch"
- #798 — conveniently located, needs for sending a letter, words on a door, first amendment freedoms
- #797 — intrepidity, renovations, trounce, kinds of soft/lightweight paper
- #796 — poultry cuts, handle, as a bill, splendid, starts of culinary nuts
- #795 — derriere, used to hit a ball in sports, components of a bride’s ensemble, rhyming compound words
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