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 5, 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 commuting, cooking and more.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #786, on August 5.

A hint for each Connections category today, August 5

Yellow group hint: “Stand clear of the closing doors”

Green group hint: “Please pack your knives and go”

Blue group hint: “With a corncob pipe and a button nose”

Purple group hint: “Girl _____ puts sisters before misters”

A word in each Connections category today, August 5

Yellow group word: Subway

Green group word: Mince

Blue group word: Carrot

Purple group word: Dress

Connections categories today, August 5

Yellow group category: Subterranean transit

Green group category: Make into smaller pieces while cooking

Blue group category: Used to decorate a snowman

Purple group category: ____ code

Here are the answers to Connections today, August 5

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?

Subterranean transit: Metro, subway, tube, Underground

What are the green words in today’s Connections?

Make into smaller pieces while cooking: Cube, grate, mince, slice

What are the blue words in today’s Connections?

Used to decorate a snowman: Carrot, coal, pipe, scarf

What are the purple words in today’s Connections?

____ code: Dress, health, secret, ZIP

Deanna Janes