Need a nudge for Tuesday’s NYT Connections, game #807? Start with the spoiler-light hints below, then continue past the spoiler break for the four category names and their exact word groups.
The 16 words on the board
TOAD, RIDE, TATTOO, BAR, MOLE, FOOT, HEEL, BADGER, RAT, HARRY, STEP, SCAR, CREEP, PIERCING, BUG, SKUNK.
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Spoiler-light hints
- Yellow: Useful ID features.
- Green: A contemptible person.
- Blue: Nag, nag, nag.
- Purple: Add a sit-down word that rhymes with “fool.”
Spoilers: categories and answers
The following category names and word groupings reveal the full solution.
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MOLE, PIERCING, SCAR, TATTOO.
Green — A real jerk
CREEP, HEEL, RAT, SKUNK.
Blue — Pester
BADGER, BUG, HARRY, RIDE.
Purple — Words before “stool”
BAR, FOOT, STEP, TOAD. Together they form barstool, footstool, step stool, and toadstool.
How the groupings work
- The yellow group collects identifying marks or features.
- The green group uses slang terms for a contemptible person.
- The blue words can all mean to pester someone.
- Each purple word comes before “stool” to make a compound word or phrase.
About this puzzle
This is the Tuesday, August 26, 2025 puzzle, identified as game #807. The date and groupings are reported in TechRadar’s guide for the puzzle; its following-day guide also refers back to Tuesday’s game as #807 and repeats the answers: TechRadar’s August 27 guide. A new puzzle appears at midnight in the player’s time zone, so the local release date can vary. For the official game destination, visit NYT Games.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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