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TechRadar identifies the Saturday, August 30, 2025, NYT Connections puzzle as game #811. Here are graduated clues first, followed by the category names and, after a spoiler warning, the four word groups.
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four. Because a new puzzle appears at midnight in each time zone, the same game may fall on different local calendar dates. The date and puzzle number here follow TechRadar’s identification.
Hints for Connections #811
These clues point toward each group without giving away its words:
- Yellow: Record store categories.
- Green: 1-star review.
- Blue: 5-star review.
- Purple: Stars of new age music.
Category names
- Yellow: MUSIC GENRES
- Green: NOT BE GOOD
- Blue: DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL
- Purple: CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS
Spoilers: the answers for August 30
The complete word groups, as reported by TechRadar, are below.
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| Group | Words |
|---|---|
| Yellow | EMO, FUNK, METAL, POP |
| Green | BITE, BLOW, STINK, SUCK |
| Blue | EAT, ROCK, RULE, SLAY |
| Purple | CAGE, ENO, GLASS, REICH |
Why the board can mislead
The puzzle’s overlap is largely in the words’ possible associations. ROCK can fit the music-genre idea, but in this board it belongs with EAT, RULE, and SLAY as a way to describe doing exceptionally well. TechRadar’s writer also described initially pairing STINK and FUNK as smell-related words before pursuing the music connection and placing ROCK in the wrong set.
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TechRadar says Connections is playable through NYT Games on desktop or mobile. That statement does not establish the current access or subscription terms.
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