NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Saturday, August 3 (game #419)

It's Saturday, it's the weekend, and it's time for another Connections puzzle from the NYT. This one isn't too tricky – but there are hints below if you get stuck.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #419) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• BULL
• RUSH
• KICK
• STAND
• BEAR
• TONGUE
• TRIPE
• STOMACH
• HIGH
• HEELS
• THRILL
• MOUSE
• BALONEY
• REMOTE
• TAKE
• BUNK

NYT Connections today (game #419) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• Yellow: Good feeling
• Green: Put up with
• Blue: Complete trash
• Purple: Things to press or knock together?

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #419) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: BIT OF EXCITEMENT
• GREEN: TOLERATE
• BLUE: NONSENSE
• PURPLE: THINGS TO CLICK

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #419) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #419, are…

• YELLOW: BIT OF EXCITEMENT HIGH, KICK, RUSH, THRILL
• GREEN: TOLERATE BEAR, STAND, STOMACH, TAKE
• BLUE: NONSENSE BALONEY, BULL, BUNK, TRIPE
• PURPLE: THINGS TO CLICK HEELS, MOUSE, REMOTE, TONGUE

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

This is probably one of the easiest Connections puzzles in recent weeks, although the fourth and final group is potentially tricky. But many people won't need to worry about that, because the other three are straightforward collections of synonyms. The only complication is the usual dose of misdirection from the NYT, but if you managed to resist the urge to play STOMACH, TRIPE and TONGUE together (some kind of nasty meat group?) or to put KICK, RUSH and TAKE together in a sporting-related group, you'll have been fine.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 2 August, game #418)

• YELLOW: STRETCH, AS ONE’S PATIENCE STRAIN, TAX, TEST, TRY
• GREEN: THINGS A DJ DOES MIX, SAMPLE, SCRATCH, SPIN
• BLUE: ADJECTIVES USED IN GRAMMAR DIRECT, IRREGULAR, POSSESSIVE, PRESENT
• PURPLE: WHAT “GREEN” MIGHT MEAN ECOLOGICAL, JEALOUS, LUSH, NAUSEOUS

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.