NYT Connections hint (Tue, 4 Aug)

It's a brand new day and every new day comes with its own Connections puzzle. Unfortunately, that also means that every day, your streak is at risk of being lost to said puzzle.

If today's puzzle is besting you but you don't want to let go of your Connections streak just yet, you don't have to.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Tuesday 4th August

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Long, skinny, and surprisingly varied.
• 🟩 Green hint: A postcard from the Big Apple.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Your feet do all the work.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Sometimes it's less about what something is than the shape it makes.
• Extra hint 1: One group is united by formation rather than a shared purpose.
• Extra hint 2: Every group except green has at least one word containing the letter 'M'

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

• 🟨 Yellow: Taxi Cab
• 🟩 Green: Pigeon
• 🟦 Blue: Piano
• 🟪 Purple: Peace Sign

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: Long Cylindrical Things
• 🟩 Green: Iconic NYC Sights
• 🟦 Blue: Things With Pedals
• 🟪 Purple: V-Shaped Things

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 Tuesday, 4th August:

• 🟨 Yellow: Long Cylindrical Things (Cigarette, Foam Roller, Pool Noodle, Pretzel Rod)
• 🟩 Green: Iconic NYC Sights (Bodega, Pigeon, Subway Station, Taxi Cab)
• 🟦 Blue: Things with Pedals (Piano, Sewing Machine, Swan Boat, Unicycle)
• 🟪 Purple: V-Shaped Things (Angle Bracket, Chevron, Goose Formation, Peace Sign)

This puzzle brought together geometry, city life, and every objects to create a very satisfying grid. The blue category focused on items operated by pedals, while the yellow group gathered long, cylindrical items to create very unique club. The green set captured iconic NYC sights, and the purple category finished with a visual challenge that really tested that spatial thinking.

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!