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 the game’s 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. And do you solve the NYT Mini Crossword? Here’s today’s answer for that.
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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: Fond names for little ones.
Green group hint: Count me in.
Blue group hint: Like eel, or Oolong.
Purple group hint: Think Davy Jones’ Locker.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Kiddo.
Green group: Up for it.
Blue group: Beginning with double letters.
Purple group: Nicknames for the sea, with “the.”
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed New York Times Connections puzzle for Aug. 4.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is kiddo. The four answers are buddy, champ, sport and tiger.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is up for it. The four answers are amenable, down, game and willing.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is beginning with double letters. The four answers are aardvark, eerie, llama and ooze.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is nicknames for the sea, with “the.” The four answers are blue, briny, deep and drink.
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.”
