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Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered.
What Is Connections?
Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme. That common element could be anything. We have seen everything from games that rely on the number of letters in the words to categories that require you to spot an extra letter at the end of the word. Sometimes they’re references to economics, other times they reference fairy tales. There is no telling what sort of association there will be between words.
Once you’re confident you understand the connection, select 4 words, then hit “Submit.” You have only four attempts in total, so don’t be too guess-happy.
Hints for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are a few hints for the 416th Connections game to get you started:
How Did We Solve This Connections Game?
August 1st was a very straight-forward game.
The first group I found was Green, which was “Throw.” Chuck and fling made me think of someone desperately throwing something, and I started looking for synonyms for “Throw.” That quickly led to cast, hurl, and pitch. My first guess incorrectly included pitch, sadly. Minus one for me!
I shuffled a few times, hoping to figure out where pitch actually belonged, and happened to shuffle the words in the Blue group into a line: Fiction, humor, romance, and travel. It was just dumb luck, but it made it immediately obvious they were all literary genres, and I stuck them together. Blue was actually “Bookstore Sections.” Close enough, right?
With only 8 left, I finally figured out where pitch belonged: with hype, market, and sell. This group seemed likely to be talking about selling an idea or product of some sort. They were in the Yellow group, “Promote.”
That left ankle, crew, sweat, and tube. Socks? The group is socks? Yep. Purple was, in fact, “___ Socks.”
How Do You Guess Connections Groups?
There is no quick, reliable way to approach Connections like there is with Wordle, since Connections isn’t algorithmic. However, there are a few things to keep in mind that can help.
If you didn’t solve this one, don’t feel too bad—there’s always tomorrow! And those words may align with a topic you’re interested in, giving you a leg up on the competition.
