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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.
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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."
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: Extra, extra!
Green group hint: I am Groot.
Blue group hint: Healthy food.
Purple group hint: Spotted on money.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Newspaper sections.
Green group: Tree features.
Blue group: Kinds of salad.
Purple group: Seen on backs of US coins.
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What are today's Connections answers?
NYT Connections completed puzzle for Aug. 31, 2024.
Screenshot by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNETThe yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is newspaper sections. The four answers are arts, business, comics and sports.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is tree features. The four answers are bark, crown, rings and roots.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is kinds of salad. The four answers are chef, garden, Greek and wedge.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is seen on backs of US coins. The four answers are eagle, Monticello, shield and torch.