{
  "id": 248147,
  "title": "NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for August 7, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/nyt-connections-hints-today-clues-answers-for-august-7-2026",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-07T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hint-answer-today-august-7-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The New York Times' Connections puzzle for August 7, 2026, is proving to be an engaging challenge for players. This popular word game, which involves finding common threads between sets of four words, has garnered significant attention. Connections resets daily at midnight, with each set of words becoming progressively more difficult. Players can access the game on both web browsers and mobile devices.\n\nToday's Connections puzzle has four categories, each with four words. The hints provided indicate that the categories are related to components of a candle, cold things, parts of an elevator, and starting with male animals.\n\nTo assist players, the categories are color-coded for ease of identification. Yellow represents the easiest category, followed by green, blue, and purple as the most challenging. The hint categories are: Yellow: Components of a candle, Green: Cold things, Blue: Parts of an elevator, and Purple: Starting with male animals.\n\nIf players find themselves stuck, they can rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Players have up to four mistakes before the game ends. Once a player correctly groups four words, those words are removed from the board.\n\nFor those seeking additional help, the solution to today's Connections puzzle #1153 is provided. The categories and their respective answers are: Components of a candle - FRAGRANCE, JAR, WAX, WICK; Cold things - LIQUID NITROGEN, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW, SUNDAE; Parts of an elevator - BUTTONS, CABLES, MOTOR, SHAFT; Starting with male animals - BUCKYBALL, JACKPOT, RAMBO, TOMATILLO.\n\nThose who wish to solve the puzzle themselves can do so before checking the solutions. The solution to today's Connections puzzle is the final piece of the puzzle for players to complete.",
  "summary": "Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the \"common threads between words.\" How to solve the puzzle.",
  "key_points": [
    "Categories are color-coded: yellow (easy), green (cold), blue (elevator), purple (male animals)",
    "Solution provided for Connections puzzle #1153 with specific word answers for each category"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The New York Times' daily Connections puzzle, with its color-coded categories and hints, offers players a structured challenge that requires strategic thinking to identify common threads between seemingly disparate words.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for August 7, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-august-7-2026",
        "published": "2026-08-07T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}