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Date and puzzle number don’t match: Thursday, August 28, 2025 was Connections puzzle #809. Puzzle #810 was published Friday, August 29. This guide follows the August 28 date and gives staged hints before the #809 answers.
How Connections works
Connections presents 16 words and asks you to sort them into four groups of four based on a shared link. You can play on the NYT website or in the Games app.
Hints for August 28, 2025 (puzzle #809)
Try these in order, stopping when you have enough to solve a group:
- Help!
- The Queen’s beverage.
- Not soft.
- Look at what you are using to type.
Full answers for puzzle #809
Spoilers below: The four groups and their words are listed here.
#1 Best Overall
Yellow — Places to get trapped
NET, SNARE, TANGLE, WEB.
Green — Used for tea
CUP, KETTLE, TEABAG, WATER.
Blue — Associated with hardness
DIAMOND, NAILS, ROCK, STEEL.
Purple — Ending with keyboard keys
CANTAB, CYBERSPACE, ICECAPS, MAKESHIFT.
The purple group ends in the names of keyboard keys: TAB, SPACE, CAPS, and SHIFT.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.If you meant puzzle #810
Puzzle #810 was Friday, August 29, 2025, not August 28. Its groups were:
Quick Recap
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- Famous person: FIGURE, NAME, PERSONALITY, STAR.
- Increase: BALLOON, MOUNT, MUSHROOM, WAX.
- Places that sell gas: 7-ELEVEN, CHEVRON, GULF, SHELL.
- Split: 7-10, BANANA, LICKETY, STOCK.
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