Sometimes, it can be hard to predict what each category is going for in certain Connections puzzles. There are so many different options and many times words have meanings we don’t expect. If you are still unsure about your journey today, we have everything you need to put the clues together and finish the puzzle without delay.
If you are looking for a different type of puzzle with no words, you might want to try the NYT Tiles puzzle, which gives you a fun way to spend a little time decompressing by matching tiles in a fun game of Go-Fish. Well, it’s not quite like Go-Fish, but you do have to match the tiles in the same way, and if you get it wrong your streak ends and you will not get a higher score. It does have a similar vibe, and it can be quite relaxing.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
AUGUST 28 #443
Today’s puzzle has some interesting categories, so the hints might be crucial to help you figure out what you are doing.
- One category is about kinds of play
- One category is about what can be attached to each other
- One category is about the state of the things in it
- One category is about words that can all come after a different word
If that still hasn’t satisfied your thirst for answers, we have more waiting for you in the various tables below starting with category names.
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PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT |
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FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD |
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DESCRIBED AS DRY |
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BABY ___ |
Today’s Connections Answers
AUGUST 28 #443
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT |
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MONKEY BARS |
SLIDE |
SWINGS |
TEETER-TOTTER |
This one was a bit tricky, just because TETHERBALL is often playground equipment and I, in fact, had one on the playground I spent most of my childhood years. That makes it hard to realize it does not belong here, and it took me too many tries to separate it out from the rest of the words.
This is hard since it takes away your wiggle room to get it right, and you should be looking at every word instead of assuming one fits somewhere more than others.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
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FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD |
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PENDULUM |
TEA BAG |
TETHERBALL |
YO-YO |
Instead, TETHERBALL actually belongs in this category with all things that hang at the end of a string. Personally, I think PENDULUMs are more often than not metal, but I will take it. What actually stumped me in this category was TEA BAG, as it does not actually have the back and forth motion the others all do. I was fairly convinced TEETER-TOTTER belonged with the rest of these words and TEA BAG did not.
Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
DESCRIBED AS DRY |
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DESERT |
HUMOR |
MARTINI |
TEETOTALER |
The fact that two of these do have some association with alcohol could be a source of confusion, but luckily them actually being in the same category should stop some of that confusion. However, connecting HUMOR and DESERT to the other two as “things that are dry” can be a harder line of thought to follow. The words in the next category are also a little hard to piece together, but if you can manage to do that one first, this one might be best saved for last.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
BABY ___ |
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BLUES |
BOOMER |
STEPS |
TEETH |
This one could be hard to piece together as well, but it feels a little more straightforward than the previous category. Perhaps because BLUES, STEPS, and TEETH could all be connected to babies without the word in front of it.
This might make it easier to round up those three, but figuring out that BOOMER is in the same category might be more difficult. I think it is a little easier given the amount of generational talk that often gets thrown around.
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