NYT Connections August 9, 2025: Hints, Tips, and Solutions

🟡 Yellow: Result – FRUIT, PRODUCT, RETURN, YIELD
A category based on outcomes and results. FRUIT and PRODUCT relate through final products of procedures, whereas RETURN and YIELD have economic and general productivity connotations.
🟢 Green: Kinds of Jokes – DAD, INSIDE, KNOCK-KNOCK, PRACTICAL
A humorous cluster drawing from several genres of humor. Although KNOCK-KNOCK and DAD jokes are easily recognizable, INSIDE and PRACTICAL took a mental adjustment to consider moving beyond stand-up routines to situational or .
🔵 Blue: Films with Supernatural Romance – CASPER, GHOST, LET ME IN, TWILIGHT
This clique relied on familiarity with pop culture over the decades. From the CASPER family movie to TWILIGHT vampire–werewolf melodrama, all four films have romantic themes with a mix of the supernatural.
🟣 Purple: Corn-y Things – MAZE, MUFFIN, SILK, SYRUP
A farm setting with a twist based on puns. MAZE double-served as a homophone for maize, SILK was corn silk, whereas MUFFIN and SYRUP connected via corn ingredients.