Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on August 9, 2025.

Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.

Today’s Connections has categories about love beyond the grave, a crop of a-maizing things and more.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #790, on August 9.

A hint for each Connections category today, August 9

Yellow group hint: Think labor and outcome

Green group hint: Think hardy har har and ba dum tss

Blue group hint: Think vamps and spirits

Purple group hint: Think kernels and cobs

A word in each Connections category today, August 9

Yellow group word: Product

Green group word: Practical

Blue group word: Casper

Purple group word: Muffin

Connections categories today, August 9

Yellow group category: Result

Green group category: Kinds of jokes

Blue group category: Movies featuring supernatural romance

Purple group category: Corn-y things

Here are the answers to Connections today, August 9

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?

Result: Fruit, product, return, yield

What are the green words in today’s Connections?

Kinds of jokes: Dad, inside, knock-knock, practical

What are the blue words in today’s Connections?

Movies featuring supernatural romance: “Casper,” “Ghost,” “Let Me In,” “Twilight”

What are the purple words in today’s Connections?

Corn-y things: Maze, muffin, silk, syrup