New York Times Connections: Hints and Answers for #445 August 29, 2024

Connections is a short, daily word puzzle game from the New York Times Games. Every day, you can hop on to pit yourself against another sixteen-word challenge. Today’s puzzle has a lot of difficult words to sort, and still only four mistakes you can make.

If you already know how to play Connections and are looking for some tips, this article is for you. In it, you can find all sorts of clues, from spoilers to general hints and more. No matter what you need, you can find it in the paragraphs below.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #445 for August 29, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Player, Gamble, Brown, Young, Count, Smith, Noble, Duke, Upright, Consider, Grand, Judge, Electronic, Regard, Howard, and Johnson.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Each covered-up section below has a different kind of hint or spoiler hiding inside for this minimalist puzzle game. If you want to see that clue, just press the Read More button below the one you want to see.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for this
mobile puzzle game
:

1. While there are lots of names in the sixteen words, none of the categories are about
people’s names specifically
.

2. But there are two categories about names of things, some named
after people
.

3. Player and Upright go in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
To think of, to esteem, to view.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Deem.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Deem.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Consider, Count, Judge, Regard.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer in this
innovative puzzle game
:
Higher education in the United States.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
U.S. Collages/Universities.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
U.S. Collages/Universities.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Brown, Duke, Howard, Smith.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Types of a specific kind of musical instrument.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Kinds of Pianos.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Kinds of Pianos.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Electronic, Grand, Player, Upright.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
Them & _____.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Second Names in Companies with Ampersands.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Second Names in Companies with Ampersands.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Gamble, Johnson, Noble, Young.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #445 for August 29, 2024

The answer to this difficult puzzle game is in the expandable section below that can be opened with the Read More button underneath it. Inside is a screenshot and a full explanation of all the categories and their words.

• Yellow – Deem
  : Consider, Count, Judge, Regard
• Green – U.S. Collages/Universities
  : Brown, Duke, Howard, Smith
• Blue – Kinds of Pianos
  : Electronic, Grand, Player, Upright
• Purple – Second Names in Companies with Ampersands
  : Gamble, Johnson, Noble, Young

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