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Need a nudge for NYT Connections puzzle #447? Start with the four progressive clues below; category names and the complete groups come later, behind a spoiler warning. This is the Saturday, August 31, 2024 puzzle.
Progressive hints for Connections #447
Use these in order, stopping when you have enough to make your guesses:
- Print parts.
- Found in a forest?
- Green cuisine.
- Dollar designs.
Category names
Spoilers: The four categories are newspaper sections, tree features, kinds of salad, and images seen on the backs of U.S. coins.
Full Connections answers for August 31
Full spoilers below.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Newspaper sections | ARTS, BUSINESS, COMICS, SPORTS |
| Green | Tree features | BARK, CROWN, RINGS, ROOTS |
| Blue | Kinds of salad | CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE |
| Purple | Seen on backs of U.S. coins | EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH |
Why the groups can be tricky
The grid deliberately includes words that might appear to fit more than one category, according to the NYT Help Center. In this puzzle, “CROWN” and “ROOTS” point toward trees, while “GREEK,” “GARDEN” and “WEDGE” can lead toward salad types. “MONTICELLO,” “EAGLE,” “SHIELD” and “TORCH” form the less obvious U.S.-coin imagery group. TechRadar’s Marc McLaren noted that “WEDGE salad” and the coin designs were unfamiliar to him; that is his personal reaction, not a general difficulty rating. TechRadar’s August 30 guide also lists the puzzle’s complete 16-word grid: GREEK, CHEF, CROWN, SPORTS, MONTICELLO, RINGS, GARDEN, EAGLE, BUSINESS, ROOTS, TORCH, WEDGE, BARK, ARTS, COMICS and SHIELD.
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How Connections works
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. The groups use yellow, green, blue and purple color labels, ordered by increasing trickiness, and the daily puzzle becomes available at midnight in your timezone, according to the NYT Help Center.
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