Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for August 24, #440

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: Something you heard.

Green group hint: Sneak around.

Blue group hint: Like Hertz or Avis.

Purple group hint: Residents of the periodic table.

Answers for Today’s Connections Groups

Yellow group: From hearsay.

Green group: Move secretly.

Blue group: Car rental companies.

Purple group: Ending with chemical elements.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is hearsay. The four answers are rumbling, speculation, talk and whispering.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is stealthy movement. The four answers are sneaking, slipping, stealing and walking on your toes.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is car rental companies. The four answers are budget, enterprise, national and thrifty.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme ends with chemical elements. The four answers are environ, jargon, latin and plead. (Iron, argon, tin and lead.)

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.”