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 was a real stumper for me. I saw construction and shellac and was trying to make a list of house products, but that went nowhere fast. Need the answers? 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 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: Inner strength Green group hint: Fix it up Blue group hint: Wallop Purple group hint: Parchment might be another kind Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Intrepidity Green group: Renovations Blue group: Trounce Purple group: Kinds of soft/lightweight paper 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 No. 797 for Aug. 16, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is intrepidity. The four answers are fortitude, grit, pluck and resolve. The green words in today's Connections The theme is renovations. The four answers are construction, repairs, upgrades and work. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is trounce. The four answers are cream, crush, rout and shellac. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is kinds of soft/lightweight paper. The four answers are crepe, rolling, tissue and toilet.