Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for August 26, #442
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: Thumbs up.
Green group hint: Think of a donut shape.
Blue group hint: Go ahead!
Purple group hint: Shoe names, abbreviated.
Answers for Today’s Connections Groups
Yellow group: Official approval.
Green group: Torus shaped things.
Blue group: Bad waves.
Purple group: Footwear without the “er” sound.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections has completed the puzzle by August 26, 2024.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is official approval. The four answers are approval, blessing, permission and support.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is torus-shaped things. (Don’t know what torus means? Join and think of donut-shaped or inner-tube-shaped things.) The four answers are bagel, lifesaver, tire, and wreath.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is bad golf shots. The four answers are hook, shank, slice and whiff.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is footwear minus the “er” sound. The four answers are loaf, slip, sneak, and wade.
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.”
