NYT Connections hint (Mon, 3 Aug)

Monday is the hardest day of the week. And it's even harder when Connections hits you with the toughest puzzle of the week at the same time!

If today's grid has you scratching your head, we can help! And we promise not to tell the NYT. Your secret is safe with us.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Monday 3rd August

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Take the scenic route.
• 🟩 Green hint: Not all greens belong in a crayon box.
• 🟦 Blue hint: One letter is doing almost all the vocal work.
• 🟪 Purple hint: An annoying habit is hiding at the very front.
• Extra hint 1: One group is united by an unusual spelling rule.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'N'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Alley
• 🟩 Green: Mint
• 🟦 Blue: Fly By
• 🟪 Purple: Nag Champa

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: Road Less Traveled
• 🟩 Green: Shades of Green
• 🟦 Blue: "Y" Is the Only Vowel
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Synonyms for "Pester"

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 Monday, 3rd August:

• 🟨 Yellow: Road Less Traveled (Alley, Backstreet, Byway, Lane)
• 🟩 Green: Shades of Green (Forest, Hunter, Mint, Sage)
• 🟦 Blue: "Y" Is the Only Vowel (Fly By, Myrrh, NSYNC, Rhythm)
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Synonyms for "Pester" (Bug Fix, Nag Champa, Needless, Tea Set)

If you like green as much as I do, I'm sure the green group flew right into place. Yellow was the next to click for me, then blue thanks to all the weird 'Y' words, then purple. That one is usually the last to get sorted for me. But I'm sure there's someone out there who gets along with the purple group!

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!