NYT Connections hint (Sat, 1 Aug)

It's the start of a brand new month! What better way to kick it off than with a Connections puzzle? That's a bit easier said than done though.

If today's Connections puzzle has you guessing a little too much, we've got hints and answers that can help.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Saturday 1st August

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Everything you need for a good night's rest.
• 🟩 Green hint: They've all heard the words "And the Oscar goes to..."
• 🟦 Blue hint: Measure twice, cut once, finish the hole.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Your bakery order is hiding from you.
• Extra hint 1: One group hides words inside others.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'O'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Throw
• 🟩 Green: Bale
• 🟦 Blue: Bore
• 🟪 Purple: Loafer

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Bedding
• 🟩 Green: Oscar-Winning Actors Since 2010
• 🟦 Blue: Perform Some Hole Machining Operations
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Bread Shapes

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Saturday, 1st August:

• 🟨 Yellow: Bedding (Comforter, Sham, Sheet, Throw)
• 🟩 Green: Oscar-Winning Actors Since 2010 (Bale, Jordan, Phoenix, Waltz)
• 🟦 Blue: Perform Some Hole Machining Operations (Bore, Countersink, Drill, Ream)
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Bread Shapes (Boulevard, Bundle, Loafer, Rolls-Royce)

Okay, be honest. Hands up if you've ever heard of a piece of bedding called a 'sham'. Surely it can't be just me who missed that memo! Apparently they are one of the fancy extra pillows you have on your bed in addition to your sleeping pillows. I have those, but I guess I have been calling them by the wrong name this whole time! Oops.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!