Unlock the Secret to Today’s NYT Connections Puzzle #819 – Boost Your Brain Power and Crush Sunday’s Challenge!

Ever found yourself tangled up in the colorful web of the New York Times Connections word game and wondering if there’s a secret handshake to crack today’s puzzle? Well, you’re not alone — and truth be told, I zipped through Sunday’s #819 challenge quicker than I’d expected. But hey, isn’t guessing half the fun? Whether you’re a seasoned “connector” or just dipping your toes in this daily brain teaser, I’ve got some nuggets of wisdom (and a few sneaky spoilers) to help you dance through those gymnastic moves, Disney princesses, fonts, and geometry adjectives like a pro. So, ready to flex those mental muscles and maybe even chuckle at the clever wordplay? Let’s dive right in and conquer today’s Connections together! LEARN MORE

Working on solving today’s New York Times Connections word game? I was able to figure it out fairly quick, so I’ll share some hints (and spoilers if you want them) to help you get through Sunday’s puzzle: #819. 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. Another easy puzzle day — I’ll take it! I solved the purple group second — it’s pretty easy if you paid attention in math class.

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: Cartwheel, back handspring would work

Green group: Cinderella and Jasmine would fit here

Blue group: Sort of like a handwriting style, but in Microsoft Word

Purple group: Describing size and shapes

Here’s one word from each group:

Yellow group hint word: Roundoff

Green group hint word: Merida

Blue group hint word: Arial

Purple group hint word: Linear

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: Gymnastic moves

Green group: Disney princesses

Blue group: Fonts

Purple group: Geometry adjectives

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: Gymnastic moves (aerial, arabesque, roundoff, split)

Green group: Disney princesses (Ariel, Aurora, Merida, Tiana)

Blue group: Fonts (Arial, Georgia, Impact, Verdana)

Purple group: Geometry adjectives (angular, areal, linear, volumetric)

My results today

They were clever with Ariel, aerial, areal and Arial today — but they didn’t trick me! I’ve seen all the Disney princess movies and I did take a Geometry class a million years ago, so those categories were especially easy. Also, glad to see my favorite font from high school made it to the list (Impact).

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