Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for August 18, #434
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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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.”
Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, arranged from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Time to wake up.
Green group hint: Maybe we can…
Blue group hint: ET ate this one.
Purple group hint: Fairytale boys with shortened names.
Answers for Today’s Connections Groups
Yellow group: Buttons for alarm clocks.
Green group: Here’s an idea…
Blue group: Candy pieces.
Purple group: Seven dwarfs minus last letter.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections has completed the puzzle by August 18, 2024.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is alarm clock buttons. The four answers are alarm, hour, snooze and set time.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme here is a thought. The four answers are maybe, say, suppose and what if.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is candy pieces. The four answers are kiss, nerd, runt and whopper.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is seven dwarfs minus the last letter. The four answers are Do, Dope, Grump and Sleep.
