Today’s ‘Connections’ Answers And Hints For Thursday, August 17

Forbes Innovation Games Today’s ‘Connections’ Answers And Hints For Thursday, August 17 Kris Holt Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about video games, with a focus on Overwatch 2. Following Aug 16, 2023, 06:30pm EDT | Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.

getty Looking for the hints and the answers for Wednesday’s game of Connections? You can find them here: MORE FROM FORBES Today’s ‘Connections’ Answers And Hints For Wednesday, August 16 By Kris Holt Happy Thursday, gang! Hope you’re having an excellent week. The New York Times has another fiendish game of Connections for us and, just in case you’re struggling with it, I’m here to help you keep your streak going. Today’s Connections hints and answers 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. MORE FOR YOU The Collapsing Soviet Army Left Behind Dozens Of IMR-2 Engineering Vehicles. The Ukrainian Army Eagerly Snatched Them Up.

Greatest Rug Pull Ever Shocking Fed Warning Heralds Bitcoin Ethereum XRP And Crypto Price Chaos Vietnam’s Wealthiest Tycoon Becomes Asia’s Fifth Richest Person As VinFast Surges On Nasdaq Debut 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 16 Today’s 16 words are: FUDGE MEAL COBBLER SMITH PIE DOCTOR ROOT TWIST DANCE ONE FISHER TART MASON CAKE DISTORT MILLER And the clues for today’s groups are: Yellow group — one for those with a sweet tooth Green group — their names might give away their jobs Blue group — surreptitiously change something Purple — four corners, equal sides Connections Answers For August 17 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 — desserts (CAKE, COBBLER, PIE, TART) Green group — occupational surnames (FISHER, MASON, MILLER, SMITH) Blue group — alter deceptively (DISTORT, DOCTOR, FUDGE, TWIST) Purple group — square ____ (DANCE, MEAL, ONE, ROOT) The yellow group was a piece of cake (I’m so sorry). I figured out the green group pretty quickly too, despite the red herring of DOCTOR. The blue and purple groups were beyond me today, unfortunately.

I hope you had better luck! 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 Friday’s game if you need them. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn .

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