NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, September 2 (game #814)

Date:
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
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.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Monday, September 1 (game #813) .

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 Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #814) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are STIRRING MYSTERY CHRISTMAS SWEARING HOUSE MOUSE HERRING EARRING EXPLETIVES PLEATHER VEST OUROBOROS NECKLACE MESH SHIRT FOUR-LETTER WORDS HISTAMINE PROFANITY NYT Connections today (game #814) -
hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Rude language GREEN: Feature in a festive poem BLUE: Accoutrements of Barbies pal PURPLE: His or hers to begin with

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 NYT
Connections today (game #814) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: CURSES
GREEN: IN "A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS" BLUE: WORN BY EARRING MAGIC KEN PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #814) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #814, are YELLOW: CURSES EXPLETIVES, FOUR-LETTER WORDS, PROFANITY, SWEARING GREEN: IN "A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS" CHRISTMAS, HOUSE, MOUSE, STIRRING BLUE: WORN BY EARRING MAGIC KEN EARRING, MESH SHIRT, NECKLACE, PLEATHER VEST PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS HERRING, HISTAMINE, MYSTERY, OUROBOROS My rating: Hard My score:
2 mistakes

Another incredibly difficult game of Connections, although perhaps I am underestimating the cultural impact of Earring Magic Ken, Mattel's 1992 short-lived Ken variant that made a brief appearance in the Barbie movie alongside some other discontinued dolls.

Fortunately, I didnt completely fail, as I had managed to put together CURSES and IN A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS before a series of random guesses helped me get WORN BY EARRING MAGIC KEN without actually knowing what the group would
be I guessed it might have something to do with boy bands, so wasnt far off.

The purple group is a good example of something that sounds a lot more complicated that it really is, although Im certain they could have found a less obscure word than OUROBOROS, although I do now know what a symbol of a snake eating its own tail is called. Every days a school day. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, September 1, game #813) YELLOW: FIRST APPEARANCE DEBUT, INTRODUCTION, LAUNCH, PREMIERE GREEN: ONES CELEBRATED WITH HOLIDAYS MOTHER, PRESIDENT, SAINT PATRICK, SAINT VALENTINE BLUE: FAMOUS POETS BISHOP, BURNS, LORDE, POPE PURPLE: WHAT "CARDINAL" MIGHT REFER TO BIRD, CLERGY
MEMBER, M.L.B. PLAYER, N.F.L. PLAYER What is NYT Connections?

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.



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