Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for August 23, #439

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 game 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. 

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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: Modern workers stare at these.

Green group hint: Possible accessories for Gypsy Rose Lee.

Blue group hint: Light brown paint names.

Purple group hint: Words that sound like languages.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Visual interface.

Green group: Burlesque wear.

Blue group: Beige shades.

Purple group: Language homophones.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

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NYT Connections completed puzzle for Aug. 23, 2024.

Screenshot by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNET

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is visual interface. The four answers are display, monitor, screen and terminal.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is burlesque wear. The four answers are boa, corset, fan and gloves.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is beige shades. The four answers are buff, cream, fawn and tan.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is language homophones. The four answers are bask, check, finish and tie (Basque, Czech, Finnish and Thai).

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.”