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NYT Connections puzzle #434, published Sunday, August 18, 2024, groups its 16 words around alarm-clock controls, ways to introduce a thought, candy names, and Seven Dwarfs names with their last letters removed. If you want to solve it yourself first, start with the spoiler-light hints below; the complete groups follow.
The 16 words in Connections #434
Use this list to check the board before revealing the categories:
- ALARM
- DO
- DOPE
- GRUMP
- HOUR
- KISS
- NERD
- PERHAPS
- RUNT
- SAY
- SLEEP
- SNOOZE
- SUPPOSE
- TIME SET
- WHAT IF
- WHOPPER
Spoiler-light hints
- Yellow: Look for labels or controls you might see on a bedside clock.
- Green: These phrases can introduce a suggestion or possibility.
- Blue: Think of names associated with candy.
- Purple: These words come from familiar fictional characters’ names after a small spelling change.
Connections #434 category names
- Yellow: ALARM CLOCK BUTTONS
- Green: “HERE’S A THOUGHT …”
- Blue: CANDY PIECES
- Purple: SEVEN DWARFS MINUS LAST LETTER
Full Connections #434 answers
| Color | Category | Words | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | ALARM CLOCK BUTTONS | ALARM, HOUR, SNOOZE, TIME SET | Controls or labels associated with an alarm clock. |
| Green | “HERE’S A THOUGHT …” | PERHAPS, SAY, SUPPOSE, WHAT IF | Ways to introduce or suggest an idea. |
| Blue | CANDY PIECES | KISS, NERD, RUNT, WHOPPER | Candy names. |
| Purple | SEVEN DWARFS MINUS LAST LETTER | DO, DOPE, GRUMP, SLEEP | Remove the last letter from Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, and Sleepy, respectively. |
What makes the puzzle tricky
The candy names may not be equally familiar to everyone
The blue group relies on recognizing KISS, NERD, RUNT, and WHOPPER as candy names. TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, Marc McLaren, observed that this group “may be much easier to solve if you’re in the US”; that is a personal observation, not a measure of how familiar the names are to readers in any country.
Purple changes the spelling of the dwarf names
The final group is wordplay rather than a direct category: Doc becomes DO, Dopey becomes DOPE, Grumpy becomes GRUMP, and Sleepy becomes SLEEP after removing each name’s last letter.
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How Connections works
Connections presents 16 words to sort into four groups of four based on a shared link. The link can be a straightforward category or a wordplay pattern, and an individual word may seem to fit more than one group. TechRadar and Forbes describe the groups as color-coded, with yellow generally easiest and purple often hardest; they also report that players can make up to four mistakes before the game ends.
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