NYT Connections — August 3, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board plays with quiet roads, plant-inspired colors, sneaky vowels, and words that sneak in a little annoyance.
Hint 2 of 5
The easiest set collects small, out-of-the-way streets and passages people use to get around.
Hint 3 of 5
Another set names shades of green you might see on a paint chart or a hunting jacket.
Hint 4 of 5
A trickier group shares one structural trait: none of the words contain a, e, i, or o — the only vowel sound comes from Y.
Hint 5 of 5
The hardest group hides a word meaning "to annoy" at the start of each entry — think bug, nag, needle, or tease.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Road Less Traveled
ALLEY · BACKSTREET · BYWAY · LANE
Shades of Green
FOREST · HUNTER · MINT · SAGE
"Y" Is the Only Vowel
FLY BY · MYRRH · NSYNC · RHYTHM
Start With a Synonym for "Pester"
BUG FIX · NAG CHAMPA · NEEDLESS · TEA SET
This puzzle by the numbers
- Start With a Synonym for "Pester"
- BACKSTREET
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