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NYT Connections puzzle #803, published Friday, August 22, 2025, groups its 16 words into U.S. presidents, actors whose surnames are verbs, kinds of poker, and proper nouns from 1990s movie titles. The complete groups are below.
Connections #803 answers for August 22, 2025
These are the four groups and their words, as reported by Daze Puzzle and independently corroborated by The Economic Times and TechRadar.
Yellow: U.S. presidents
- ADAMS
- FORD
- GRANT
- WASHINGTON
Green: Actors whose last names are also verbs
- CHEVY CHASE
- CHRISTOPH WALTZ
- GEOFFREY RUSH
- TOM CRUISE
Blue: Kinds of poker
- DRAW
- OMAHA
- STRIP
- STUD
Purple: Proper nouns after gerunds in 1990s movie titles
- AMY
- JOHN MALKOVICH
- LAS VEGAS
- PRIVATE RYAN
How the movie-title group works
The purple words follow gerunds in these film titles: Chasing Amy, Being John Malkovich, Leaving Las Vegas, and Saving Private Ryan. The connection is the proper noun at the end of each title.
Why the date and puzzle number matter
This answer is for #803, published August 22, 2025. A separate guide warns that an answer page for #446 refers to the August 30, 2024 puzzle, not this board: DocumentaryTube’s #446 guide.
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Connections in brief
Connections presents 16 words for players to sort into four groups of four. The groups are color-coded, and players can make up to four mistakes, according to TechRadar. The groups above give the completed solution for this date.
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