Sometimes it feels like the Connections game has leveled up and left us behind. But luckily there is no need to worry as plenty of help and advice awaits you here. Whether you just want a few hints, the category names, or some answers, you can find everything you need below and perhaps even a little more.
Taking some of the same strategies you learn in Connections, you can also use them to solve the daily Wordle puzzle. You will want to make informed decisions and logical deductions when it comes to the words you guess, helping you determine where the letters should go. This will make things much easier for you and might even help you solve future Connections puzzles.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
AUGUST 22 #437
To get some help with the categories, you will want to get a few hints that will give you a clue without giving you the answers. Check out these four clues and see if you can work out the categories for yourself:
- One category has to do with equipment for a specific industry
- One category you can reach with stairs
- One category is shortened proper names of a form of media
- One category is a group of words used to describe a mischievous action
Despite those hints, you might still want some reassurance that you are on the right track. If so, we have some category names listed below to help you out.
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CLASSIC MOVIE THEATER EQUIPMENT |
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TIER |
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NEWSPAPER NAMES |
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PRANK VERBS |
Today’s Connections Answers
AUGUST 22 #437
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
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CLASSIC MOVIE THEATER EQUIPMENT |
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PROJECTOR |
REEL |
SCREEN |
SPEAKER |
While it says “Classic” in the title, the only thing that’s really changed is the REEL itself. Theaters still use PROJECTORs, SCREENs, and SPEAKERs. Despite that, most people would still be familiar with the use of a REEL as a movie theater tool.
Despite this, having REEL, STORY, and POST in the same puzzle does give off false vibes about a possible social media category, but don’t be fooled by that and stick to the instinct that a REEL is a film strip.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
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TIER |
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DECK |
FLOOR |
LEVEL |
STORY |
Tier feels like an odd way to describe these things, but they are all a tier of something. STORY could be mixed up, as I previously stated, but DECK is the odd one out in a lot of ways. It is a type of flooring, but it feels like it is less of a “LEVEL” and more of something attached to one. That being said, it is the only other word that seems like it might belong, although it’s possible STREAK could in a more video game-like sense.
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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
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NEWSPAPER NAMES |
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GLOBE |
MIRROR |
POST |
SUN |
If you are not as familiar with newspaper names, this one might confuse you. They are otherwise completely unrelated, except for GLOBE and SUN perhaps. MIRROR and POST, however, do not seem like they go with those two words at all, and that can make it difficult.
Perhaps if you were able to connect POST to forms of mail delivered it could be a roundabout way of getting back to this category, but more truthfully you probably will not get this one if you do not know a lot of these papers personally.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
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PRANK VERBS |
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EGG |
MOON |
STREAK |
TOILET PAPER |
If the past category was confusing because of the specificity, this one seems difficult due to the vagueness. MOON could easily belong with GLOBE and SUN, and the others do not seem to go anywhere. I also take issue with “TOILET PAPER” being considered a verb as no teenager completing this particular prank is going to call it by its full name and it is a noun in this instance. The others will be used as verbs occasionally, but this one is a stretch to connect.
Other Games Like Connections
If you want to keep puzzling, there are four more similar wordy puzzles for you to check out in the table below:
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Game Name |
How To Play |
Is It Free To Play? |
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Wordle (NYT) |
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list. |
Yes |
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Very similar to Wordle, where players change the number of letters in the word. |
Yes |
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Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide. |
Yes |
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Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints. |
Yes |
Connections
- Released
- June 12, 2023
- Developer(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Publisher(s)
- The New York Times Company
- ESRB
- e
- Platform(s)
- Web Browser , Mobile