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It’s Wednesday, and you kn0w what that means: it’s time for another game of Connections!
Money is the most common means of settling debts and paying for goods or services. But there are plenty of other valuable items that can work, like precious metals or gemstones. Bartering has existed for a very long time, too, of course.
I recently learned that banks in Italy even use wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano as collateral for business loans. One has been offering loans in this fashion for over a century, and has “never lost a single euro on these loans,” according to CNN. Nowadays, the bank uses blockchain technology to help manage things. It’s a fascinating, fragile, important system.
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, August 5 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.
Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.
There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.
As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.
Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.
Today’s NYT Connections Word List
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After today’s Connections word list, I’ll give you a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll reveal the categories, followed by the full answers.
Got it? Cool.
Today’s 16 words are…
- LUCKY
- MISSION
- RANCH
- CATTLE
- WRANGLER
- INVESTMENT
- GAP
- STEER
- BROTH
- PILOT
- CAPE COD
- MERCHANDISE
- DRIVE
- DIESEL
- TUDOR
- MANEUVER
A Hint For Today’s Connections Groups
The hints for today’s Connections categories are:
- 🟨 Yellow group — make your way in the world
- 🟩 Green group — from a realm in which 501 has little to do with darts
- 🟦 Blue group — prairie, saltbox and country would fit in here
- 🟪 Purple group — like a plant, gun part or one’s perceived popularity
One Answer For Each Connections Group
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.
Here we go…
- 🟨 Yellow group — PILOT
- 🟩 Green group — LUCKY
- 🟦 Blue group — MISSION
- 🟪 Purple group — BROTH
Today’s Connections Categories
Today’s Connections groups are…
- 🟨 Yellow group — navigate
- 🟩 Green group — jeans brands
- 🟦 Blue group — house styles
- 🟪 Purple group — what “stock” might refer to
What Is Today’s Connections Answer?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your last chance to look away.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- 🟨 Yellow group — navigate (DRIVE, MANEUVER, PILOT, STEER)
- 🟩 Green group — jeans brands (DIESEL, GAP, LUCKY, WRANGLER)
- 🟦 Blue group — house styles (CAPE COD, MISSION, RANCH, TUDOR)
- 🟪 Purple group — what “stock” might refer to (BROTH, CATTLE, INVESTMENT, MERCHANDISE)
I, uh, steered myself away from the cowboy(?)-themed red herring (RANCH, CATTLE, WRANGLER and STEER) thanks chiefly to MANEUVER – a word that I find very difficult to spell. That meant WRANGLER had to go with the jeans brands.
INVESTMENT and MERCHANDISE then helped me get the purples. That left the blues for my 521st win in a row. RANCH and TUDOR helped me figure out that category.
How did you get on this time? Here’s my grid:
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Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column. You can check that out by visiting my author page.
Be sure to check my blog for hints and the answer for tomorrow’s game of Connections if you need them.
P.S. I have offered up this song in the past and I don’t generally like to repeat recommendations. After the death of Kavinsky, though, I’d like to once again share “Protovision,” my favorite song from the French house and synthwave musician. Rest easy, Kavinsky:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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