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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. That purple caregory throws out a term for a kind of word that many people have never heard of before. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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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: Hold together.
Green group hint: Formal way to describe an informal activity.
Blue group hint: Get to the alley.
Purple group hint: Opposing meanings in one word.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Attach with adhesive.
Green group: Polite terms for sex.
Blue group: Bowling results.
Purple group: Contronyms (words that can mean opposite things).
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 2, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is attach with adhesive. The four answers are adhere, affix, glue and stick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is polite terms for sex. The four answers are congress, commerce, intimacy and relations.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is bowling results. The four answers are foul, spare, split and strike.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is contronyms (words that can mean opposite things). The four answers are cleave, garnish, oversight and sanction.
