Unlock the Secret Sauce: NYT Connections #807 Clues That Will Challenge Your Brain and Boost Your Daily Grind!

Ever find yourself staring blankly at that New York Times Connections grid, wondering if the words are trying to mess with your brain on purpose? Trust me, I feel you — Tuesday’s puzzle #807 was a real sweat session. It wasn’t just a casual stroll in the park; even the “easy” yellow and green groups threw me off balance, and I was clutching at straws with just one guess left. But hey, that’s the thrill, right? These mind-benders are crafted to keep us on our toes, teasing our logic and vocab in the best way possible. If you’re new to this game—or just need a leg up—I’ve dug into the puzzle, almost face-planted, and come out with some juicy tips, plus spoilers if you’re ready to peek under the hood. Ready to level up your connector status and crush today’s challenge? Let’s break it down together. LEARN MORE

Having trouble guessing today’s New York Times Connections word game? I was in that boat, too — it was actually pretty difficult. But since I’ve already solved it (barely), I’ll share some hints (and spoilers if you want them) to help you get through Tuesday’s puzzle: #807. Don’t feel bad for taking a peek — these puzzles are designed to keep you guessing.

Since we’re in this together, I’ll share how I did each day. Today was one of the harder puzzles I’ve seen in a while. Even yellow and green were tricky. I had one mistake left so I almost didn’t make it this time.

If you’re new to NYT Connections, we’ve got some tips to help you along the way. Also, check out today’s Wordle hints and answer.

How to play NYT Connections

NYT Connections is a surprisingly difficult word game and if you play, you’re now considered a “connector.” There are 16 words presented in a four-by-four grid and your goal is to match four words into their respective color-coded groups (yellow, green, blue, purple). Yellow is the easiest to guess while purple is the hardest.

Your job is to find out how the four words are connected to a specific group. For instance, in one recent puzzle, the blue group hint was “related to buying a home” and the words were appraisal, escrow, insurance and mortgage.

If you make a mistake when you submit, that’s okay. You get four guesses before the game is over and the answers are revealed. You can also click on the lightbulb icon in the game to get some hints, but we’ll also provide those here.

If you find yourself obsessed with this game after completing just one puzzle, I’ve got bad news for you. You can only play once a day. The timer resets each night at midnight.

Tips for playing NYT Connections

I only recently started playing Connections, but here are some tips I’ve found useful along the way.

1. When you get an answer wrong, pay attention to the text that appears at the top of the puzzle. “One away” means you only got one word wrong. Analyze each word to find one that might fit better in another group and try a new word.

2. If you’re stuck, shuffle the board. You can shuffle as many times as you’d like to help you see some different word combinations.

3. Try to find the easy yellow group words first. Those words usually stick out because they have so much in common — they’re often synonyms of one another. But be wary of the trick words that could fit into multiple categories.

4. Stumped? Come back to the puzzle later with a fresher mind. Trying to solve a difficult puzzle without “sleeping” on it might result in too many mistakes.

Today’s NYT Connections hints

Check out these hints if you’re having a hard time grouping them together.

I’ll give you my own hints:

Yellow group: Something unique about a person

Green group: Not nice

Blue group: Annoy

Purple group: A tall chair you sit on

Here’s one word from each group:

Yellow group hint word: Scar

Green group hint word: Heel

Blue group hint word: Badger

Purple group hint word: Foot

Okay, on to the official group names for a bigger hint. If you don’t want to know what those are, then stop scrolling.

NYT Connections group names

Here are the group names for today’s puzzle.

Yellow group: Distinguishing characteristics

Green group: A real jerk

Blue group: Pester

Purple group: Words before “stool”

Warning, spoilers ahead! If you scroll past this, the answers are right below.

Final warning! Last chance to go back and finish the game.

Today’s NYT Connections answers (spoilers)

Here are the Connections groups and the words that go with them.

Yellow group: Distinguishing characteristics (mole, piercing, scar, tattoo)

Green group: A real jerk (creep, heel, rat, skunk)

Blue group: Pester (badger, bug, harry, ride)

Purple group: Words before “stool” (bar, foot, step, toad)

My results today

I’ll start by saying I had no clue what any of these categories were for a while. I tried guessing types of rodents, body parts, etc. I didn’t lose, but I came close.

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Thanks for reading! Share how you did today in the comments.