Hints and Answers for Today’s Connections on August 18, 2024 (Puzzle #433)

Today’s Connections the puzzle was a bit tricky and made us scratch our heads at times, so it’s possible that you’re here for the same reason. Today, there are some weird references, and the last category is tricky because of the way they chose to represent the wordsHowever, there is no reason why you can’t complete this puzzle without failing, so you can rest easy knowing that we have all the hints you need.

If you want a different kind of puzzle, you can check out the NYT Letter in a box puzzle, which uses letters to form words but with the parameters that you have to cycle around the square shape. A When solving these puzzles you are presented with some pretty challenging challengesand they can be a lot of fun once you get used to the rhythm.

Tips for Today’s Connections category

AUGUST 18 #433

If you need clarification on what the categories might be, you can check out some suggestions to get you started:

• One category is not about time but is rather adjacent to time
• One category concerns the hypothetical
• A category is something you can find at checkout
• One category is about names but something is missing

Knowing your categories is half the battle Connectionsand sometimes I wish I knew what they were in advance. Especially in this puzzle, it could have saved my skin. Here are the names:

Answers to today’s connections

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Yellow Answers: Revealed and Explained

There are many words adjacent to the tense that could be related, but Perhaps the two most important clues are SNOOZE and TIME SET. SLEEP is a possibility, but less likely than the others on this list. ALARM and HOUR are a bit more generic, and since many people primarily use their phones as alarms, they can be a bit tricky to set correctly.

Green Answers: Revealed and Explained

Entering the realm of the hypothetical could be as dangerous as At the edge of reality or as easy as venturing into this question. In this case, the hypothetical elements are all combined to create a real category. In other situations, these four words could be extremely dangerous. However, sometimes, these are the right words to use and can lead to great possibilities and dreams coming true.

Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained

WHOPPER makes sense, and KISS can be used singularly when following the brand name, but NERD and RUNT are almost never used singularly, and that blew my mind. Luckily, it wasn’t a long cycle, but I still wasn’t sure why these things were grouped together until I saw the category name. I have to say, I’m a sucker for Nerds candy, in particular the gummy clusters that are addictive.

Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained

It turns out that recognizing the classic Seven Dwarfs without the last letter is quite difficult. Especially when SLEEP can easily be thought of as ALARM, the other three have other meanings besides their names. It’s much easier to see how they go together now, but I was a little confused at first. I could have sworn DO-C had another name, but apparently, I might be really crazy, so that’s something.

Other games similar to Connections

Once you’ve finished Googling all the names of the various dwarves and discovering that, apparently, nearly nine more dwarves were cut from the film (for good reason), you might find yourself longing for another puzzle. If so, we’ve got a nice selection below, and for our recommendation Hello World It’s a fun variation of the most popular game which gives an added dimension.