This is the archived guide to NYT Connections puzzle #423, dated Wednesday, August 7, 2024—not the current daily puzzle. Start with the four hints, reveal the category names only if you want more help, or scroll to the complete word groups for the solution.
Hints for Connections #423
TechRadar’s guide to the August 7, 2024 puzzle gave these clues. Stop here if you want to solve the grid without seeing the category names or answers.
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- Yellow: “Squash in”
- Green: “As in ‘The Bear’”
- Blue: “Radiations”
- Purple: “They all have something that’s a synonym for ‘a small quantity’”
Category names
Ready for the next level of help? These are the four themes, in the puzzle’s color order.
- Yellow: CRAM
- Green: RESTAURANT JOBS
- Blue: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
- Purple: THINGS WITH BITS
Complete answers for August 7, 2024
The sixteen words in the grid, as printed in TechRadar’s guide, were X-RAY, BYTE, RADIO, DRILL, DISHWASHER, RAM, MICROWAVE, SERVER, COMEDIAN, COOK, STUFF, HOST, PACK, VISIBLE, BRIDLE, and JAM. The completed groups are:
- Yellow — CRAM: CRAM, JAM, PACK, STUFF
- Green — RESTAURANT JOBS: COOK, DISHWASHER, HOST, SERVER
- Blue — ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM: MICROWAVE, RADIO, VISIBLE, X-RAY
- Purple — THINGS WITH BITS: BRIDLE, BYTE, COMEDIAN, DRILL
How Connections works
Connections asks players to sort sixteen items into four groups of four that share a feature. TechRadar describes the groups as having different difficulty levels, with up to four mistakes allowed; homophones and other wordplay can act as traps. Its guide reported that the game was playable for free through NYT Games on desktop or mobile, but current access conditions were not checked for this archived answer guide.
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TechRadar’s Marc McLaren, identified on the page as Global Editor in Chief, rated this puzzle “Easy” and reported a “Perfect” score. Those are his assessments of his own solve, not a measure of how difficult the puzzle was for players generally.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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