Connections #809 Answers
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #809 for Thursday, August 28, 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): places to get trapped
- Green: used for tea
- Blue: associated with hardness
- Purple (hardest): ending with keyboard keys
Answers
PLACES TO GET TRAPPED
NET, SNARE, TANGLE, WEB
USED FOR TEA
CUP, KETTLE, TEABAG, WATER
ASSOCIATED WITH HARDNESS
DIAMOND, NAILS, ROCK, STEEL
ENDING WITH KEYBOARD KEYS
CANTAB, CYBERSPACE, ICECAPS, MAKESHIFT
Previous Connections answers
- #808 — restaurant water options, atm options, binary question options, roulette options
- #807 — distinguishing characteristics, a real jerk, pester, words before "stool"
- #806 — predicament, small spherical things, pipe-smoking accessories, what "down" might mean
- #805 — wine vessels, ripped, kinds of snakes, ___ call
- #804 — liquids you put into cars, arena, skulduggery, modern inventions
- #803 — u.s. presidents, actors whose last names are also verbs, kinds of poker, proper nouns after words ending in "ing" in '90s movie titles
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