Connections Help, Hints & Clues for Today, August 29

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The August 29 edition of the NYT Connections is here with more tricky themes. If you’re feeling stuck, we’ve got some clues and hints to help you solve it with ease and save your daily streak.

Connections is one of the most popular daily puzzles offered by The New York Times. Created by Wyna Liu, the objective of the game is to create groups of four from an assortment of 16 random words. Each group follows a hidden common theme that dictates which words belong in it. Players have only four guesses to identify the themes and make the selections accordingly. Furthermore, the game also provides a hint with the “one away…” notification.

So, here are all the hints and answers for August 29’s NYT Connections puzzle.

Connections hints for August 29

All 16 words in today’s puzzle are: BALLOON, 7-10, 7-ELEVEN, FIGURE, MOUNT, NAME, CHEVRON, BANANA, PERSONALITY, MUSHROOM, GULF, LICKETY, STAR, WAX, SHELL, and STOCK.

Check out the hints for each group here:

Yellow Group: This category features words to describe a very famous person. Green Group: This group includes various synonyms for enlargement. Blue Group: This collection includes popular places where one might buy gas. Purple Group: Finally, the purple category features the familiar Connections theme of four different words that commonly pair with a single word.

What are the Connections answers for today, August 29?

Here are the answers for NYT Connections for August 29, 2025:

Yellow Group: Famous Person – FIGURE, NAME, PERSONALITY, and STAR.

Green Group: Increase – BALLOON, MOUNT, MUSHROOM, and WAX.

Blue Group: Places That Sell Gas – 7-ELEVEN, CHEVRON, GULF, and SHELL.

Purple Group: ___Split – 7-10, BANANA, LICKETY, and STOCK.

Other popular games that fans can play on the official website of The New York Times include Wordle, Pips, Strands, Tiles, and Mini Crossword, to name a few. The games are also available on the NYT Games app, along with an archived collection for each puzzle.

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