NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, August 25, 2024 (#441)

Puzzle #441. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, August 25, 2024 (puzzle #441) is: YELLOW — HOPPING MAD: BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMING. GREEN — STATUS: POSITION, RANKING, STANDING, STATION. BLUE — WORDS THAT MAKE UP THE ACRONYM “HVAC”: AIR, CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATION. PURPLE — ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FOLDING: BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, August 25, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

STEAMING
POKER
AIR
BAKING
LAUNDRY
RANKING
BOILING
STATION
HEATING
ORIGAMI
POSITION
FUMING
STANDING
VENTILATION
LIVID
CONDITIONING

How hard is Connections #441?

Easy30/100
  • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Sunday, August 25, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, August 25, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, August 25, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, August 25, 2024 (puzzle #441) is: YELLOW — HOPPING MAD: BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMING. GREEN — STATUS: POSITION, RANKING, STANDING, STATION. BLUE — WORDS THAT MAKE UP THE ACRONYM “HVAC”: AIR, CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATION. PURPLE — ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FOLDING: BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER.

What is the purple group in Connections #441?

The purple (hardest) group is "ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FOLDING": BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "HOPPING MAD" — BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMING. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, August 25, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #441. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.