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    Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 15, #796

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    Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 15, #796

    Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 15, #796

    Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 15, #796.

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    Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features another super-tricky purple group. The words in it all fit in the same category, but they’re only parts of bigger words, so good luck figuring that one out. It might actually drive you nuts, and that’s a clue. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

    The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

    Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

    Hints for today’s Connections groups

    Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

    Yellow group hint: Bawk-bawk!

    Green group hint:  I’ll get this.

    Blue group hint: So great.

    Purple group hint: Drives you nuts.

    Answers for today’s Connections groups

    Yellow group: Poultry cuts.

    Green group: Handle, as a bill.

    Blue group: Splendid.

    Purple group: Starts of culinary nuts.

    Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

    What are today’s Connections answers?

    The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 15, 2025.

    NYT/Screenshot by CNET

    The yellow words in today’s Connections

    The theme is poultry cuts. The four answers are breast, tender, thigh and wing.

    The green words in today’s Connections

    The theme is handle, as a bill. The four answers are foot, pay, settle and take care of.

    The blue words in today’s Connections

    The theme is splendid. The four answers are brilliant, capital, fine and grand.

    The purple words in today’s Connections

    The theme is starts of culinary nuts. The four answers are cash (cashews), haze (hazelnuts), mac (macadamia) and pec (pecan).

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