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.
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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: Thumbs up.
Green group hint: Think doughnut-shaped.
Blue group hint: Fore!
Purple group hint: Shoe names, shortened.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Official sanctioning.
Green group: Torus-shaped things.
Blue group: Bad golf shots.
Purple group: Footwear minus "er" sound.
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What are today's Connections answers?
NYT Connections completed puzzle for Aug. 26, 2024.
Screenshot by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNETThe yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is official sanctioning. The four answers are approval, blessing, consent and support.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is torus-shaped things. (Don't know the meaning of torus? Join the club, and think doughnut or inner-tube shaped.) 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 "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 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."