Today’s Connections Hints & Answers For August 2, 2024 (Puzzle #417)

Sometimes, Connections really test your patience as you stare at the random group of words and wonder which ones go with which. Luckily, we have done a lot of the hard work for you, so you can stay relaxed and take advantage of our knowledge. We have several hints and tricks for you, as well as full spoilers below.

If you like Connections, you should find the same sort of satisfaction from the NYT Vertex puzzle. This is one of the better puzzles to relax to, as you cannot fail unless you run out of time and can keep trying new lines to make the image. It also gives you its own nudges because when you get a line correct and a shape complete, it will color it in to show that it is correct.

Today’s Connections Category Hints

AUGUST 2 #417

For today’s puzzle, we have hints about the categories you need to solve it. These can help you construct the different categories on your own first before glancing at the spoilers.

• One category is about stress.
• One category is composed of things done by a certain profession.
• One category is about grammatical nuances.
• One category is about color.

If you still need a few more hints, we have the category names as well, which might be all you need to finish the puzzle.

Today’s Connections Answers

AUGUST 2 #416

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

This is a testy category in that it is all about things that TEST your patience. TRY and STRAIN both felt like they belonged, while TAX was the late entry for me today. However, I still managed to guess this category first, as it felt fairly straightforward compared to the others. While the others were more complicated, this one was much more simplistic.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

Depending on your experience with DJs and how they work, this one might confuse you. SAMPLE stands out as not obviously fitting in from a general cultural idea of how DJs work. This can make it a little harder to form the category, and you will have to pay close attention to the next two categories to ensure you are not taking something from one of them.

Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

The word PRESENT appears to be present in quite a few Connections puzzles lately. This time, it is simply here to be a type of adjective, as opposed to having a separate meaning. These words are hard to put together if you do not have the category name because while POSSESSIVE and PRESENT might seemingly go together, DIRECT and IRREGULAR do not have the same immediate response. You will fortunately not have to parse this one out like we did.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

This one is also tricky without knowing what the category is. These are all obvious if you know what the puzzle is trying to go for, as they are all often associated with the color green, but figuring that out without that nudge is quite difficult. However, the last category is sometimes the easiest if you get to it last, as you will only have to pick the last four words and submit them.

Other Games Like Connections

After you have submitted your last guess, you can move on to another word-based puzzle. We have four listed out for you in hopes that you might find one you love more than the rest: