Looking for the hints and the answers for Monday’s game of Connections? You can find them here:
Hey there, gang! Happy Tuesday.
Just so you know: Connections is coming to the New York Times Games app on iOS and Android this week. It’ll be in the Play tab of The New York Times app soon too. So, you’ll no longer need to keep a dedicated browser tab open for the game.
As for today’s Connections hints and answers, those are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For August 29
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- JET
- FOX
- BOOK
- ONYX
- LYNX
- ASH
- BLACK
- BOUNCE
- CYBER
- ORYX
- RUN
- RAVEN
- EBONY
- SPLIT
- FAT
- IBEX
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — duck out
- Green group — the ox and T. rex could have made it into this group
- Blue group — Mick Jagger’s favorite color to paint with
- Purple group — special days
Connections Groups For August 28
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — depart quickly
- Green group — animals that end with X
- Blue group — shades of black
- Purple group — words before days of the week
Connections Answers For August 28
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s connections are…
- Yellow group — depart quickly (BOOK, BOUNCE, RUN, SPLIT)
- Green group — animals that end with X (FOX, IBEX, LYNX, ORYX)
- Blue group — shades of black (EBONY, JET, ONYX, RAVEN)
- Purple group — words before days of the week (ASH, BLACK, CYBER, FAT)
I messed up here. I should have won today’s game, even though a perfect game was off the cards quite quickly. I got the green group then (after a couple mistakes) the blue group. I slipped up with the surprisingly tricky yellow group though, thinking that ASH was somehow a word for making a departure. Fingers crossed for a win tomorrow.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Wednesday’s game if you need them.
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