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Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the weekend!
A couple of weeks back, I read a column by Dominik Diamond in which he writes about his family’s final game night while everyone’s still living together. It’s a bittersweet piece in which Diamond charts the ups and downs of the evening and his memories of playing games with his loved ones. I enjoyed reading it, so thought I’d share it with you.
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 22 are coming right up.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are...
BITTER
SPICE
MEAN
WINTER
HAMMER
CONE
PLANE
JET
GOLDEN
SAW
MIST
MUSK
GILMORE
CHISEL
WATER
SHOWER
The level one hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — shop items
🟩 Green group — where a baller might come in handy
🟦 Blue group — bed-wetting options
🟪 Purple group — like indigo, cheeky and west end
One Word For Each Connections Group
Be warned: we’re really starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one word for each group.
Today’s Connections word hints are…
🟨 Yellow group — PLANE
🟩 Green group — WINTER
🟦 Blue group — MIST
🟪 Purple group — MEAN
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Today’s Connections groups are...
🟨 Yellow group — carpentry tools
🟩 Green group — kinds of melon
🟦 Blue group — garden hose settings
🟪 Purple group — _____ girls of pop culture
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are...
🟨 Yellow group — carpentrytools (CHISEL, HAMMER, PLANE, SAW)
🟩 Green group — kinds of melon (BITTER, MUSK, WATER, WINTER)
🟦 Blue group — garden hose settings (CONE, JET, MIST, SHOWER)
🟪 Purple group — _____ girls of pop culture (GILMORE, GOLDEN, MEAN, SPICE)
I figured I'd start things off easy with the tools, and also because that was the first grouping I saw that made sense.
The hose settings were up next, even though the presence of WATER gave me pause before sending those through.
I was stuck on thinking of "Happy GILMORE" for so long before my eyes drifted to GOLDEN just above that tile. MEAN and SPICE made sense with those for the purples.
It turns out that my knowledge of melons is extremely lacking, so I did not figure out the green category! I did wonder at the outset if MUSK, SPICE and MIST might refer to aftershave, but nope.
Streak = 538
How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:
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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I was listening to Oasis’ debut album Definitely Maybe for… reasons… recently. It’s a bit of an up and down record, but it does feature one of my favorite songs of theirs. “Live Forever” is pretty great:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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