NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Saturday, August 31 (game #447)

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

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 #447) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• GREEK
• CHEF
• CROWN
• SPORTS
• MONTICELLO
• RINGS
• GARDEN
• EAGLE
• BUSINESS
• ROOTS
• TORCH
• WEDGE
• BARK
• ARTS
• SHIELD
• COMICS

NYT Connections today (game #447) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• Yellow: Print parts
• Green: Found in a forest?
• Blue: Green cuisine
• Purple: Dollar designs

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 #447) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: NEWSPAPER SECTIONS
• GREEN: TREE FEATURES
• BLUE: KINDS OF SALAD CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE
• PURPLE: SEEN ON BACKS OF U.S. COINS EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH

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

NYT Connections today (game #447) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #447, are…

• YELLOW: NEWSPAPER SECTIONS ARTS, BUSINESS, COMICS, SPORTS
• GREEN: TREE FEATURES BARK, CROWN, RINGS, ROOTS
• BLUE: KINDS OF SALAD CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE
• PURPLE: SEEN ON BACKS OF U.S. COINS EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH

• My rating: Stupid
• My score: Fail

Another day, another Connections fail. And I don't even care, it's just stupid. Look, how am I supposed to know what is on the back of US coins? I'm not in the US! I DO NOT CARE WHAT IS ON THE BACK. Do you know what's on the back of British coins? No. So why should I know what's on US coins?

And what is a WEDGE salad? I have never, ever heard that term before. So yeah, whatever, I failed. See you again tomorrow, when I will undoubtedly fail again because this game is biased and stupid.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 30 August, game #446)

• YELLOW: SPARKLING THINGS DIAMOND, GLITTER, GOLD, SEQUIN
• GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS BOX, DIVE, FENCE, ROW
• BLUE: WONDERS OF THE WORLD GARDENS, LIGHTHOUSE, PYRAMID, TEMPLE
• PURPLE: ICE ___ CREAM, CUBE, MACHINE, STORM

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.