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NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 17 (game #798)

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 Saturday’s puzzle instead, then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 16 (game #797).

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 with 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 #798) – today’s words

Today’s NYT Connections words are:

PRESS
CLOSE
WELCOME
STAMP
OPEN
SPEECH
HANDY
ADDRESS
PETITION
ENVELOPE
PUSH
ACCESSIBLE
NAME
NEARBY
ASSEMBLY
EXIT

NYT Connections today (game #798) – hint #1 – group hints

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Local places
GREEN: Put it in the post
BLUE: Seen at an entrance
PURPLE: Protected by the US Constitution

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 #798) – hint #2 – group answers

What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: CONVENIENTLY LOCATED – ACCESSIBLE, CLOSE, HANDY, NEARBY
GREEN: NEEDS FOR SENDING A LETTER – ADDRESS, ENVELOPE, NAME, STAMP
BLUE: WORDS ON A DOOR – EXIT, OPEN, PUSH, WELCOME
PURPLE: FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS – ASSEMBLY, PETITION, PRESS, SPEECH

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #798) – the answers

The answers to today’s Connections, game #798, are:

YELLOW: CONVENIENTLY LOCATED – ACCESSIBLE, CLOSE, HANDY, NEARBY
GREEN: NEEDS FOR SENDING A LETTER – ADDRESS, ENVELOPE, NAME, STAMP
BLUE: WORDS ON A DOOR – EXIT, OPEN, PUSH, WELCOME
PURPLE: FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS – ASSEMBLY, PETITION, PRESS, SPEECH

My rating: Easy

My score: 1 mistake

I made one mistake today, and it came from rushing to put together a quartet before properly considering all 16 tiles. Thinking I was collecting words linked to pressure on an opposing team, I grouped together PRESS, CLOSE, PUSH, and ADDRESS. I abandoned this pursuit and studied the board a bit more carefully, immediately seeing NEEDS FOR SENDING A LETTER and then FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS, something I’m surprised warranted being a purple group. The oddity of the round for me was completely overlooking the yellow group – something on reflection I really should have seen ahead of anything else.

Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 16, game #797)