Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a mix. I saw the yellow category right away, and was so proud of myself, but the others weren't as simple. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time Hints for today's Connections groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Drink up! Green group hint: Cash machine. Blue group hint: One or the other. Purple group hint: Casino time. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Restaurant water options. Green group: ATM options. Blue group: Binary question options. Purple group: Roulette options. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 27, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is restaurant water options. The four answers are bottled, sparkling, still and tap. The green words in today's Connections The theme is ATM options. The four answers are checking, deposit, savings and withdrawal. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is binary question options. The four answers are false, no, true and yes. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is roulette options. The four answers are black, even, odd and red.