NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Saturday, August 31 (game #447)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course.

I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years.



He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position . He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously. NYT Connections today (game #447) - today's words Today's NYT Connections words are.

.. GREEK CHEF CROWN SPORTS MONTICELLO RINGS GARDEN EAGLE BUSINESS ROOTS TORCH WEDGE BARK ARTS SHIELD COMICS NYT Connections today (game #447) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Yellow: Print parts Green: Found in a forest? Blue: Green cuisine Purple: Dollar designs Need more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles.

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NYT Connections today (game #447) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: NEWSPAPER SECTIONS GREEN: TREE FEATURES BLUE: KINDS OF SALAD CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE PURPLE: SEEN ON BACKS OF U.S. COINS EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #447) - the answers The answers to today's Connections, game #447, are...

YELLOW: NEWSPAPER SECTIONS ARTS, BUSINESS, COMICS, SPORTS GREEN: TREE FEATURES BARK, CROWN, RINGS, ROOTS BLUE: KINDS OF SALAD CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE PURPLE: SEEN ON BACKS OF U.S. COINS EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH My rating: Stupid My score: Fail Another day, another Connections fail.

And I don't even care, it's just stupid. Look, how am I supposed to know what is on the back of US coins? I'm not in the US! I DO NOT CARE WHAT IS ON THE BACK. Do you know what's on the back of British coins? No.

So why should I know what's on US coins? And what is a WEDGE salad? I have never, ever heard that term before. So yeah, whatever, I failed. See you again tomorrow, when I will undoubtedly fail again because this game is biased and stupid.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. YELLOW: SPARKLING THINGS DIAMOND, GLITTER, GOLD, SEQUIN GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS BOX, DIVE, FENCE, ROW BLUE: WONDERS OF THE WORLD GARDENS, LIGHTHOUSE, PYRAMID, TEMPLE PURPLE: ICE ___ CREAM, CUBE, MACHINE, STORM NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room. It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks.

For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers. It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile..