Unlock Your Brain’s Ultimate Power: NYT Connections #811 Secrets Revealed for August 30 — Dominate Today’s Puzzle Like a Champ!

Ever find yourself tangled in the web of today’s New York Times Connections puzzle, wondering if your brain’s taken a wrong turn somewhere between metal riffs and contemporary composers? Yeah, me too. It’s like trying to wrestle a bear with one hand tied behind your back—frustrating yet oddly exhilarating. Today’s puzzle #811 is no joke; it’s got everything from music genres that make your head nod, to words that make you scratch it in confusion. I dove in, took a few hits, and yeah, I made a mistake (don’t judge me), but I conquered green before yellow, and that’s a little victory in itself. If you’re brand new to Connections or just hate walking alone on this rocky climb, I’ve got some tactical tips and sneaky hints to share — because why struggle solo, right? Ready to decode the puzzle and maybe even have a little fun doing it? Let’s jump in. LEARN MORE

If you’re stuck on today’s New York Times Connections word game, I’ve got you covered. Since I’ve already solved it, I’ll share some hints (and spoilers if you want them) to help you get through Saturday’s puzzle: #811. 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. I solved today’s puzzle fairly quick, but not without making a mistake. I solved green first and yellow last. I made one mistake while solving green.

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: Types of music

Green group: Not a great job

Blue group: Great job!

Purple group: I hope you paid attention in music class

Here’s one word from each group:

Yellow group hint word: Metal

Green group hint word: Blow

Blue group hint word: Slay

Purple group hint word: Glass

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: Music genres

Green group: Not be good

Blue group: Do exceptionally well

Purple group: Contemporary composers

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: Music genres (emo, funk, metal, pop)

Green group: Not be good (bite, blow, stink, suck)

Blue group: Do exceptionally well (eat, rock, rule, slay)

Purple group: Contemporary composers (Cage, Eno, Glass, Reich)

My results today

I solved yellow last because “rock” threw me for a loop. I counted more than four music genres, including rock, so I assumed the NYT crew was trying to trick me. Not a bad game today, though!

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