New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #429 August 13, 2024

Connections is a daily word puzzle game from the New York Times Games. In order to play, you have to sort all the given words into mystery categories. To make it even more challenging, you can’t make more than three mistakes while trying to wrangle the words into the right places.

If you already know how to play Connections and are unable to complete today’s puzzle, this article can help. In the sections below are clues to the categories, word help, definitions, spoilers, and more. No matter what you need to solve this one, it’s here.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #429 for August 13, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Marked, Said, Spoke, Wheel, Clear, Handle, Porter, Pronounced, Designation, Rough, Striking, Moniker, Told, Sobriquet, Power, and Voiced.

What is the Definition of Moniker?

The definition of Moniker is “a person’s name, especially a nickname or alias,” according to Dictionary.com.

What is the Definition of Sobriquet?

A Sobriquet is another word for a nickname.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you are stuck on this mind-boggling puzzle game, you can find some helpful tips below. Each of these sections has a clue or a spoiler that will help you out.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this
mobile puzzle game
:

1. Wheel and Spoke are
not
in the same category.

2. Rough and Power are in the same group.

3. None of these categories are about starting letters, length, homophones, or similar.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
Articulated, whispered, yelled.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Stated.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Stated.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Said, Spoke, Told, Voiced.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: ”
Call me Nick, for short.” Variations on names.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Nickname.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Nickname.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Designation, Handle, Moniker, Sobriquet.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Obvious.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Obvious.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Clear, Marked, Pronounced, Striking.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
All four of these words can be followed up by the same noun and make four common things.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
____ House (That Aren’t Houses).

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
____ House (That Aren’t Houses).

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Porter, Power, Rough, Wheel.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #429 for August 13, 2024

The answer to this minimalist puzzle game is in the section below. Open it up to see all the groupings, their themes, and what words go in them. Click the Read More button below to uncover all that’s inside.

• Yellow – Stated
  : Said, Spoke, Told, Voiced
• Green – Nickname
  : Designation, Handle, Moniker, Sobriquet
• Blue – Obvious
  : Clear, Marked, Pronounced, Striking
• Purple – ____ House (That Aren’t Houses)
  : Porter, Power, Rough, Wheel

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