Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for August 10, #426
Need the answers for the New York Times Connections Puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brain teaser. You’re given 16 words and have to sort them into four groups that are connected in some way. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu manages to trick you by using words that fit into more than one group. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.
Want more game answers? Here’s the Wordle answer for today, and here’s the answer for Strands.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Below are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, arranged from the easiest yellow group to the trickiest (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Carmine red.
Green group hint: To use or deploy.
Blue group hint: Bill Gates.
Purple group hint: Go to the movies.
Answers for Today’s Connections Groups
Yellow group: Things that are red.
Green group: To be in service.
Blue group: Microsoft products.
Purple group: Biographies.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is things that are red. The four answers are devil, Mars, rose and strawberry.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is being on assignment. The four answers are function, operate, run and work.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Microsoft Products. The four answers are Edge, Office, Teams and Windows.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is biopics. The four answers are Blonde, Jobs, Milk and Vice.
How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words that you think belong together. The groups are color-coded, but you won’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is hardest. Look closely at the words and think of related terms. Sometimes the connection is just part of the word. Once, four words were grouped together because they all started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”