Subj : NYT Connections today  hints and answers for Thursday, August 15
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Date : Thu Aug 15 2024 00:15:05

NYT Connections today  hints and answers for Thursday, August 15 (game #431)

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Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:02:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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It's time to play Thursday's Connections puzzle from the NYT. This is a 
reasonably tough one  so read on for my hints. 

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of 
course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and 
answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those 
too. 

 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 
#431) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are MATCH PHONE BUD RANGE SIERRA DIRT MATE PAL 
REACH CHECK NATTY SCOPE COMPLEMENT STELLA EXTENT PARTNER NYT Connections 
today (game #431) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Yellow: As far as it 
goes Green: Goes together Blue: Tipple Purple: [word that means salary] blank 

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 #431) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: BREADTH 
GREEN: OTHER HALF BLUE: BEERS, FAMILIARLY PURPLE: WORDS AFTER PAY 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #431) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #431, are YELLOW: BREADTH EXTENT, 
RANGE, REACH, SCOPE GREEN: OTHER HALF COMPLEMENT, MATCH, MATE, PARTNER BLUE: 
BEERS, FAMILIARLY BUD, NATTY, SIERRA, STELLA PURPLE: WORDS AFTER PAY CHECK, 
DIRT, PAL, PHONE My rating: Moderate My score: 1 mistake 

Misdirection is a constant threat in Connections, which is one of the reasons 
why I always shuffle the answers as soon as I fire up the game; the NYT tends 
to put words next to each other at the start to make it look like they go 
together, when they don't. 

Today, I guessed MATE, BUD, PAL, PARTNER as a group and was pretty shocked 
when they didn't form one answer. But as it happens, MATE and PARTNER were 
instead part of the 'Other half' group (with COMPLEMENT and MATCH), while BUD 
went in 'Beers' and PAL in the final 'Words after "Pay"' group. 

Still, you get to make three mistakes in Connections (the fourth triggers a 
loss), so I had enough guesses left to solve this relatively tricky 
instalment of the game. I don't think I'd have got the blue group if not by 
default  I've never heard of NATTY or SIERRA as beers  but the purple one 
wasn't as bad as it sometimes is, so I got there in the end. 

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT 
Connections answers (Wednesday, 14 August, game #430) YELLOW: BLUNDER 
BOO-BOO, FLUB, GAFFE, GOOF GREEN: FLOWERS DAISY, JASMINE, PETUNIA, POPPY 
BLUE: THINGS BEES DO BUZZ, DANCE, POLLINATE, STING PURPLE: FIRST NAMES OF 
YANKEES LEGENDS BABE, LOU, MICKEY, YOGI 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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