Okay fam, NYT Connections puzzle #788 just dropped and it’s a vibe. Here’s how your four categories break down—hints first, then full spoilers (if you’re down to peep the answers). Let’s go.
Theme: Four sneaky categories, one brain to rule them all.
Difficulty: Starts chill, ends with a mental mic drop.
Let’s go deep before we go wide. Also Check hints and answers for Wordle, Quordle, NYT Strands.
🟨 Yellow Group – First Hint:
“You do these every time you’re on your laptop… or low-key doomscrolling at 2am.”
Think about what your fingers are doing when you’re procrastinating a project, toggling tabs, or “accidentally” opening TikTok for the 12th time today. These are basic digital movements—but don’t sleep on them, they’re essential.
🟨 Category: Mouse Actions
🟩 Green Group – First Hint:
“Sometimes you just gotta break through—literally. These verbs are all about poking holes like your little cousin with a pencil and a vengeance.”
Whether it’s a crafts project, a horror movie weapon of choice, or just accidentally destroying bubble wrap, these words all describe physical actions that create an opening or rupture. They’re all about going in with force (or finesse).
🟩 Category: Perforating Verbs
🟦 Blue Group – First Hint:
“They’ve all got that look—you know, the ears that could pick up an AM signal from Mars.”
These characters? Iconic. They share a vibe: angular ear action. From superheroes to mythical beings to sci-fi legends, they all come with signature silhouettes that cosplayers love and artists can’t stop sketching. Literal sharp vibes.
🟦 Category: Pointy-Eared Beings
🟪 Purple Group – First Hint:
“They’ve crushed grass courts with the same ease you crush a bag of chips. Legends, winners, and possibly your grandma’s faves.”
These aren’t just names—they’re tennis royalty. Champions whose names are etched into Wimbledon history like center court lines in the grass. You might know them from highlight reels, retro posters, or even headlines this year (hint hint).
🟪 Category: Wimbledon Winners
🚨 Spoiler Wall Incoming 🚨
Still wanna guess? Scroll slow.
Or, if you’re like “Nah, I’m cooked,” here come the answers…
✅ Full Answers:
- 🟨 Yellow – Mouse Actions: Click, Drag, Hover, Scroll
- 🟩 Green – Perforate Verbs: Bore, Pierce, Poke, Punch
- 🟦 Blue – Pointy-Eared Beings: Batman, Devil, Elf, Vulcan
- 🟪 Purple – Wimbledon Winners: Borg, Graf, King, Sinner
Final Serve
Connections #788 started friendly and finished spicy.
The mouse group was a walk in the scroll-park. The perforation verbs were oddly satisfying. Pointy ears? A little nerdy, a little niche. But Wimbledon champs? That purple group had serious trivia energy. If you pulled it off with no mistakes—go flex, champ.
Back tomorrow for another semantic showdown?
