Today's Connections Hints & Answers For August 3, 2024 (Puzzle #418)

There is nothing quite like the thrill of winning today's Connections puzzle and getting those bragging rights. This is easier when you have a little nudge about what the categories might be. We have all the nudges you might need, having conquered the thrills of this puzzle already. This can save you a bit of time or ensure you at least keep your streak alive even if you can no longer get the perfect score.

While it may be hard to match the rush of Connections, the NYT Letter Boxed puzzle can give it a run for its money in terms of challenge. It is one of the hardest puzzles from this newspaper, and you have to construct words without using letters sitting next to each other on the same side of the box. You, therefore, have to do a lot of skipping around, which can be good or bad depending on how your brain works.

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Today's Connections Category Hints

AUGUST 3 #418

These categories have some interesting word choices and a fair amount of nuance to distinguish them. This can make it difficult, but luckily for you, we have some hints about the various categories:

One category is not about animal types.

THRILL is the best representative of one category.

One category is about how much you can ___.

One category references how Dorothy gets back home in The Wizard of Oz.

BIT OF EXCITEMENT TOLERATE NONSENSE THINGS TO CLICK

Today's Connections Answers

AUGUST 3 #418

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

BIT OF EXCITEMENT HIGH KICK RUSH THRILL

As the yellow category should be, this was the easiest one to figure out in today's puzzle. None of the other words had anything "exciting" to make me think they belong here. The only potential trick lying in wait in this category might be KICK, as it could be seen as a type of show that might be long with HEELS. Luckily, there are not many shoes in today's puzzle, making it a little easier.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

TOLERATE BEAR STAND STOMACH TAKE

When you TOLERATE something, it is often a matter of how much you can TAKE. Boundaries are different for everyone, and everyone can STOMACH slightly more of something than someone else. Inversely, others can BEAR things, and some cannot. This category did not have many tricky words, except perhaps BEAR, which could have been paired with the other animal words to create a different category but did not.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

NONSENSE BALONEY BULL BUNK TRIPE

BULL and TRIPE could also end up in the animal category, but in this case, they both mean something more like "nonsense." Likewise, BALONEY here is not the food (spelled quite differently and is a big hint as to what the category might be) but a word meaning something similar to BUNK. All of these words typically mean someone is not giving you the truth or is telling quite a story. Luckily, in this case these are all the honest answers for the blue category today.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

THINGS TO CLICK HEELS MOUSE REMOTE TONGUE

As Dorothy clicked her HEELS to go home, I realized that the MOUSE was not the animal but the object sitting next to my keyboard right now. REMOTES are never very far away, and I click my TONGUE on my cats to get their attention. This was another one where I felt I should have been able to guess the category but didn't until I saw the final answer after I selected the remaining four words. That being said, a win is a win either way, so I'll take it.

Other Games Like Connections

Continue on in the Olympics theme with Worldle now that you have finished today's puzzle, or pick a different one from the list below:

Game Name How To Play Is It Free To Play? Wordle (NYT) Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list. Yes Hello Wordl Very similar to Wordle, where players change the number of letters in the word. Yes The Password Game Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide. Yes Worldle Name a country based only on its silhouette and a few geographical hints. Yes