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NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Sunday, August 18 (game #434)
By Marc McLaren,
1 day ago
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #434) - today's words
(Image credit: New York Times)
Today's NYT Connections words are…
NERD
GRUMP
SNOOZE
WHAT IF
SAY
DO
DOPE
RUNT
SLEEP
KISS
SUPPOSE
ALARM
HOUR
PERHAPS
TIME SET
WHOPPER
NYT Connections today (game #434) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Wake up call
Green: This might happen
Blue: Sweet treats
Purple: Seve Dwarf
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #434) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: ALARM CLOCK BUTTONS
GREEN: “HERE’S A THOUGHT ...”
BLUE: CANDY PIECES
PURPLE: SEVEN DWARFS MINUS LAST LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #434) - the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Connections, game #434, are…
YELLOW: ALARM CLOCK BUTTONS ALARM, HOUR, SNOOZE, TIME SET
GREEN: “HERE’S A THOUGHT ...” PERHAPS, SAY, SUPPOSE, WHAT IF
BLUE: CANDY PIECES KISS, NERD, RUNT, WHOPPER
PURPLE: SEVEN DWARFS MINUS LAST LETTER DO, DOPE, GRUMP, SLEEP
My rating: Hard
My score: Fail
It's been ages since I've failed to solve a Connections puzzle, but that's what happened to me today – and I suspect it may happen to others, too. Although that said, the blue group, CANDY PIECES, may be much easier to solve if you're in the US. I'm in the UK, and have never heard of WHOPPER or RUNT in that context. I have heard of NERDs and KISSes, but neither are particularly common here, and that connection never occurred to me.
As for purple, the SEVEN DWARFS MINUS LAST LETTER, I can only applaud the NYT for a clever puzzle that I could have solved but that was simply too smart for me.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 17 August, game #433)
YELLOW: SPOKEN COMMUNICATION DIALECT, LANGUAGE, SPEECH, TONGUE
GREEN: CANOODLE FRENCH, KISS, MAKE OUT, NECK
BLUE: FIRST AID KIT ITEMS BANDAGE, DRESSING, SCISSORS, TAPE
PURPLE: HOUSE STYLES COTTAGE, CRAFTSMAN, PRAIRIE, RANCH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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