Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for August 29, #445

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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.

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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

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: Ebony and ivory.

Green group hint: Consider.

Blue group hint: Alma mater.

Purple group hint: Company names.

Answers for Today’s Connections Groups

Yellow group: Types of pianos.

Green group: Eights.

Blue group: American colleges/universities.

Purple group: Middle names in companies with ampersands.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is types of pianos. The four answers are electronic, grand, player and upright.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is deem. The four answers are consider, count, judge and regard.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is American colleges/universities. The four answers are Brown, Duke, Howard, and Smith.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is middle names in companies with ampersands. The four answers are Gamble, Johnson, Noble, and Young.