{
  "id": 22103,
  "title": "NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for August 2, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/nyt-connections-hints-today-clues-answers-for-august-2-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-02T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hint-answer-today-august-2-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The latest Connections puzzle from The New York Times, designated as #1148, presents a set of categories for players to decipher. As a frequent user of the game, players might find it relatively manageable. The game resets after midnight with new sets of words that grow increasingly challenging.\n\nConnections, as a game, involves identifying common threads between words. Each puzzle consists of 16 words, which are divided into four categories, each containing four words. These words can be related to book titles, software, country names, and other various themes. While multiple words may appear to fit together, there's only one correct grouping per category.\n\nPlayers progress by grouping four words that share a common bond within each category. These groups are color-coded, with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. The correct grouping of words is removed from the board, and players are allowed up to four mistakes before the game ends.\n\nHere are today's Connections categories:\n- Yellow: Filler words\n- Green: By means of\n- Blue: __ Mode\n- Purple: U.S. airport codes plus starting letter\n\nFor those in need of a hint, the categories can be described as follows:\n- Yellow: Common filler words\n- Green: Prepositions meaning \"by\"\n- Blue: Mode of transportation\n- Purple: U.S. airport codes beginning with a specific letter\n\nIf you require additional assistance, additional hints and strategies are available. After attempting to solve the puzzle, you can check the solution provided below.",
  "summary": "The NYT Connections puzzle is a daily word game that requires players to find common threads between words. According to Mashable, the game is one of the most popular New York Times word games and has become a social media hit. The game can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and features 16 words, with each grouping of words split into four categories.\n\nMashable reports that the categories for today's Connections puzzle are color-coded, with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. The categories for today's puzzle are: Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple, with hints provided for each category. Mashable provides a hint for each category without revealing the categories, describing them as: Yellow: Um..., Green: Across, Blue: Setting, and Purple: Travel hubs.\n\nMashable reveals the solution to today's Connections puzzle, with the categories and answers as follows: Yellow: Filler words, with the answers being ACTUALLY, LIKE, SO, WELL, Green: By means of, with the answers being BY, PER, THROUGH, VIA, Blue: __ Mode, with the answers being AIRPLANE, BEAST, DARK, À LA, and Purple: U.S. airport codes plus starting letter, with the answers being ASEA, FLAX, LORD, OLGA.",
  "key_points": [
    "Yellow category: Common filler words",
    "Green category: Prepositions meaning \"by\"",
    "Purple category: U.S. airport codes starting with 'A'"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Strands hints, answers for August 2, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/nyt-strands-hints-answers-for-august-2-2026",
        "published": "2026-08-02T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}