Need help with NYT Connections game #789 for Friday, August 8, 2025? Start with the spoiler-free clues below, then reveal the category names or full answers when you’re ready. The board’s four groups connect words about equalizing a score, bestowing something, passing time in a dull class or meeting, and terms that follow “MS.”
How to use these hints
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four, with each group linked by a shared category or phrase pattern. Published guides report that players can make up to four incorrect guesses. If you want to solve the board yourself, stop before opening the full answer list.
Light hints
- One group is about making a score equal.
- One group means giving or conferring something.
- One group lists ways to pass time during a dull class or meeting.
- One group completes terms that begin with the letters “MS.”
Category names
- Make equal, as a score
- Bestow
- Things you might do during a boring class or meeting
- Words after “MS”
Full answers for Connections #789
Spoilers below: These are the four complete sets for the Friday, August 8, 2025 puzzle.
- Make equal, as a score: DRAW, EVEN, SQUARE, TIE
- Bestow: CONFER, GRANT, PRESENT, VEST
- Things you might do during a boring class or meeting: DOODLE, DOZE, PASS NOTES, SPACE
- Words after “MS”: DEGREE, MARVEL, PAC-MAN, PAINT
All 16 board words
DEGREE, DRAW, PAC-MAN, VEST, PAINT, PRESENT, TIE, DOODLE, MARVEL, SQUARE, SPACE, EVEN, DOZE, GRANT, CONFER, and PASS NOTES.
#1 Best Overall
PASS NOTES is a two-word tile and belongs together as one answer.
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Connections is available digitally through NYT Games.
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