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Looking for the answers to NYT Connections #790 from Saturday, August 9, 2025? The four groups are RESULT, KINDS OF JOKES, MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE, and CORN-Y THINGS.
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This is an archived guide to the August 9, 2025 puzzle. It is not the August 9, 2026 puzzle, which has a different puzzle number.
The Connections #790 word grid
Here are the 16 words from the puzzle:
INSIDE · PRODUCT · MAZE · SYRUP · FRUIT · KNOCK-KNOCK · LET ME IN · MUFFIN · PRACTICAL · GHOST · RETURN · SILK · YIELD · TWILIGHT · DAD · CASPER
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Hints for Connections #790
Connections asks you to divide all 16 words into four groups of four. The game is designed to include misleading overlaps, so a word that seems to fit one group may belong somewhere else.
Yellow hint
Think of words that can mean an outcome, consequence, or amount produced.
Green hint
These are familiar types of humor.
Blue hint
These are film titles associated with ghosts, vampires, or supernatural romance.
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Purple hint
Add the same crop-related word before each answer. The crop is corn.
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Spoilers: Connections #790 answers
Below are the complete groups and explanations.
Yellow: RESULT
FRUIT · PRODUCT · RETURN · YIELD
Each word can refer to an outcome or something produced. Fruit can mean the result or product of an action, while a product is something produced. A return can be an outcome or gain, and a yield can mean the amount produced or generated.
Green: KINDS OF JOKES
DAD · INSIDE · KNOCK-KNOCK · PRACTICAL
Pair each word with “joke”: dad joke, inside joke, knock-knock joke, and practical joke.
This is one of the puzzle’s traps. Inside, product, return, and yield can initially encourage other associations, but the phrase “___ joke” makes the green group precise.
Blue: MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE
CASPER · GHOST · LET ME IN · TWILIGHT
These are movie titles connected with supernatural beings or supernatural romance. Casper centers on a friendly ghost; Ghost is the romantic fantasy film; Let Me In is associated with vampires; and Twilight is the title of the well-known supernatural-romance film and franchise.
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Purple: CORN-Y THINGS
MAZE · MUFFIN · SILK · SYRUP
Put corn before every word:
- corn maze
- corn muffin
- corn silk
- corn syrup
The final category is a word-combination pun rather than a broad subject category, which makes it the puzzle’s most difficult group.
How to solve this puzzle
- Start with the joke phrases. DAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, and PRACTICAL all form familiar expressions when followed by “joke.”
- Look for the movie titles. CASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, and TWILIGHT point to supernatural films and leave eight words.
- Test the outcome meanings. FRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, and YIELD can all describe a result, gain, or amount produced.
- Use the remaining four words for the phrase puzzle. MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, and SYRUP all follow “corn.”
The important distinction is between a broad association and the intended connection. For example, the yellow words do not all look alike, but they share the result or production meaning. The purple words become clear only after testing the same word in front of each one.
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You can also play the digital game through the official NYT Games website or app. The official game format presents 16 words and asks players to identify four groups of four.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the answers to NYT Connections #790?
The answers are RESULT (FRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, YIELD); KINDS OF JOKES (DAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, PRACTICAL); MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE (CASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, TWILIGHT); and CORN-Y THINGS (MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, SYRUP).
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What is the purple category in Connections #790?
The purple group is MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, and SYRUP. Add “corn” to make corn maze, corn muffin, corn silk, and corn syrup.
Which date does Connections #790 refer to?
This guide is for Saturday, August 9, 2025, puzzle #790. August 9, 2026 was a different Connections puzzle and should not be confused with this archived answer guide.
The Bottom Line
Connections #790, from August 9, 2025, resolves to RESULT; KINDS OF JOKES; MOVIES FEATURING SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE; and CORN-Y THINGS. The quickest route is to spot the “___ joke” phrases first, then the supernatural movie titles, followed by the result meanings and the four “corn ___” combinations.
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