Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 431, for Aug. 15
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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 brainteaser. You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can 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 you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Span or spread.
Green group hint: Significant other.
Blue group hint: Drink up.
Purple group hint: Word for wages.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Breadth.
Green group: Other half.
Blue group: Beers, familiarly.
Purple group: Words after pay.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections completed puzzle for Aug. 15, 2024.
Screenshot by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is breadth. The four answers are extent, range, reach and scope.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is other half. The four answers are complement, match, mate and partner.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is beers, familiarly. The four answers are Bud, Natty, Sierra and Stella.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is words after pay. The four answers are check, dirt, pal and phone.
