NYT Connections Solution And Hints For August 25, 2026

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Sign in to your ScreenRant account Today's Connections is concerned with entertainment and concepts without much deeper meaning, making the puzzle somewhat easier to parse together. That being said, each section's simplicity makes it tough to discover their themes unless you know the context ahead of time. With that in mind, you may need a few clues to figure out what direction phrases want to be going. You only have four chances to make a mistake before losing a game of Connections, limiting your options as you play. The best advice for any day of Connections is to take your time to understand many possible contexts one phrase could mean besides what seems obvious. Similar to the Letter Boxed NYT puzzles, you have to find patterns to correctly discover the right path. Today's Connections Category Hints August 25 #1172 Knowledge of entertainment, like movies and novels, is crucial to figuring out today's Connections. There are a variety of specific, long words in the puzzle, making their meanings quite literal when it comes to categories. By realizing the common or media-influenced ways some phrases are used will help point you in the right direction. If you want to know some hints regarding today's puzzle categories, check out these clues below: One category is about words used to describe only defining a book by its cover. One category is about concepts you would only find in a setting that revolves around technology being used in fantastical ways. One category is about titles for stories written by a well-known horror author. One category is about phrases that end in ways to receive a cold treat. If you want to go all out with some of your clue-searching, you should look at the category names to get some extra help. There are also spoilers for each category if you find yourself needing to solve a single category to finish up. SURFACE-LEVEL SCI-FI PHENOMENA STEPHEN KING FILM ADAPTATIONS, WITH "THE" ENDING IN ICE CREAM ORDERS Today's Connections Answers August 25 #1172 Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained SURFACE-LEVEL COSMETIC ONE-DIMENSIONAL SKIN-DEEP SUPERFICIAL One of the first words to pop out to me in the puzzle today was ONE-DIMENSIONAL, a concept that has few meanings outside "something basic." Phrases like SKIN-DEEP and SUPERFICIAL also refer to a lack of complexity, especially in reference to personality or similar subject matter. With this in mind, COSMETIC fits the meaning more than its literal definition to complete the category. Green Answers: Revealed & Explained SCI-FI PHENOMENA HYPERSPACE PARALLEL UNIVERSE TELEPORTATION TIME WARP Anyone who's read a sci-fi novel or watched a movie of the same genre might recognize this category immediately by pointing out terms like HYPERSPACE or TIME WARP. Those who are familiar with Star Trek or Star Wars will understand that TELEPORTATION is another term only really used in science fiction. With plenty of PARALLEL UNIVERSE stories in the genre too, the category is simple to put together. Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained STEPHEN KING FILM ADAPTATIONS, WITH "THE" GREEN MILE LONG WALK RUNNING MAN SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Blue was actually the first category I solved in this Connections, mainly because of how The Long Walk was one of my favorite movies of this year. If you're familiar with Stephen King's film adaptations, you might see SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION or GREEN MILE right away too. However, not everyone knows that The RUNNING MAN is another of King's works, giving you the answer you need. Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained ENDING IN ICE CREAM ORDERS HARLEM SHAKE INSIDE SCOOP LICKETY-SPLIT TRAFFIC CONE If you're looking for terms related to speed, you might mistakenly put LICKETY-SPLIT and TELEPORTATION together initially. That being said, if you break down some of the complex words in the puzzle, you can see "Split" in LICKETY-SPLIT, or "Cone" and "Shake" in TRAFFIC CONE and HARLEM SHAKE respectfully. Those words refer to types of ice cream you could get, making "Scoop" in INSIDE SCOOP noticeable in the Connections to finish the rest of the puzzle. Other Games Like Connections If you are looking for another puzzle to play, check out one of the ones in the box below. Systems Released June 12, 2023 ESRB e Developer(s) The New York Times Company Publisher(s) The New York Times Company Platform(s) Web Browser, Mobile