Today’s Connections puzzle for August 20, 2025 (puzzle #801) offers four groups of four related words. The goal is to spot the overarching category for each group and find the four words that fit, all while avoiding more than four mistakes.
Hints for today’s categories
– Yellow group hint: Focus on color here
– Green group hint: Focus on number here
– Blue group hint: Focus on movement here
– Purple group hint: Focus on shape here
A word in each Connections category today
– Yellow group word: Domino
– Green group word: Knitting needles
– Blue group word: Barber pole
– Purple group word: Crook
Connections categories today
– Yellow group category: Black-and-white things
– Green group category: Pairs of rods
– Blue group category: Things that rotate about a vertical axis
– Purple group category: Rods that curve at one end
Here are the answers to Connections today
What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?
Black-and-white things: Domino, piano keys, yin-yang symbol, zebra
What are the green words in today’s Connections?
Pairs of rods: Chopsticks, claves, knitting needles, ski poles
What are the blue words in today’s Connections?
Things that rotate about a vertical axis: Barber pole, carousel, ceiling fan, lazy Susan
What are the purple words in today’s Connections?
Rods that curve at one end: Candy cane, crochet hook, crook, crowbar
Summary and takeaways
Today’s puzzle continues the playful exercise of grouping seemingly disparate items by a shared theme—color, pairing, vertical rotation, and curved rod shapes. Readers can use the provided hints to verify the four categories and their associated words, then appreciate how each group’s theme helps connect items that might not seem related at first glance.
Positive note
If you enjoy daily pattern recognition, today’s layout showcases how a few simple prompts (color, number, movement, shape) can unlock multiple, satisfying connections across everyday objects.