Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Aug. 29, #810

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle wasn’t terribly tough. Need help finding the answers? Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Celebrity.

Green group hint: Climb, or go up.

Blue group hint: Fill it, no lead.

Purple group hint: Gymnastics move.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Famous person.

Green group: Increase.

Blue group: Places that sell gas.

Purple group: ____ split.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is famous person. The four answers are figure, name, personality and star.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is increase. The four answers are balloon, mount, mushroom and wax.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is places that sell gas. The four answers are 7-Eleven, Chevron, Gulf and Shell.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ split. The four answers are 7-10, banana, lickety and stock.