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Today’sConnectionspuzzle has quite an assortment of different words, and this always makes the puzzle harder to solve. However, some clues can make this a little easier if you know what to look for. Below we have a plethora of hints to help you solve today’s puzzle.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
AUGUST 21 #436
If you just want a couple hints so you can try to solve the puzzle on your own, you can check out the next four below. These are there to help you work out what the categories might be, but if you are still stuck, keep scrolling to get more answers.
Some of these words can seem very disassociated from each other at first glance, but there are more connections than it looks like at first glance. With that said, here are the category names for those who want them:
PLASTER
SMEAR
Personally, I feel like all of these words are more different than the category suggests. I do not PLASTER my wall the same way I’d COAT a cake with icing. Even then, I would not CAKE on makeup the same way eyeliner can get SMEARed. It’s just not the same. However, they do have a similar vibe ofcovering something else, and I can see why they are all in this category, even if I’m skeptical about it.
FLOATIE
TIRE
I think what threw me off the scent of this category was TIRE weirdly enough. I got stuck on it being a wheel as opposed to being inflatable. I think if I had thought of it more as a bike TIRE I would have seen its connection to FLOATIE and BALLOON. BASKETBALL is also an interesting part of this, perhaps becausesports balls and tires are not inflated as often as the other two are.
LINE
PIE
I am absolutely a sucker for a good chart, and I grew upmaking all kinds of charts in my elementary reading class to diagram various stories. In fact, I got so detailed about these BUBBLE and LINE charts that my teacher actually had to tell me to stop.
We didn’t make as many BAR and PIE charts, but given my tendency to overdo it, it’s probably for the best. At least it paid off with my job as a writer now and helped me get through multiple graduate degrees.
SLING
SOUR
Alas, my lack offancy beverage knowledgestruck again as I could not figure out what the fourth word was. I had a pretty strong idea that FIZZ, PUNCH, and SOUR went together, but figuring out the last one was much harder. Perhaps I should pay more attention to cocktail menus from now on, as that appears to be an ongoing theme in these puzzles now.
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