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There is little more aesthetically pleasing than a finishedConnections' puzzle with all four bars of color on top of each other. It truly does look like a pile of candy with the pastel colors catching your eye. If you want to see this on your own screen, check out our tips and tricks below to ace the puzzle and keep your streak.
If you want somethingjust as aesthetically pleasing and without the words, theNYTVertexpuzzleis the game for you. Solving this puzzle will leave you with a beautifully finished puzzle with soft colors and a pretty picture to show off to your friends. It is very relaxing and a great way to chill after finishing a game ofConnections.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
AUGUST 5 #420
There are a lot ofConnectionsto be made daily, and today, there are two categories with a fair amount of overlap, as well as a group of three words that looks like a fake category. If you manage to avoid those, you can solve the puzzle. To help you do so, here are some hints about the categories:
If you still need some category names, as there is a fair bit of challenge today, here they are:
MAKE DO
MANAGE
This category and the blue category could be easily interlaced or confused. They both involve getting by/getting it, and their closeness might make it confusing. However, rememberthat this category is just about survival. You do not have to comprehend it to MAKE DO; you just need to MANAGE to stay onboard. HACK IT is an odd word for an American to use, but it does fit in here more than anywhere else.
GET WELL
THANK YOU
The hallmark aisle of any store, or an actual Hallmark store, is going to beflooded with these types of cards. If you have ever been down such an aisle, you know exactly what I mean. This is probably the easiest category today, as it is distinct, and the words do not have much overlap, except with the potential two-word category that could be made from these words. However, THANK YOU and GET WELL feel distinct enough that it was easier to separate them than the others.
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SEE
UNDERSTAND
As before, this category could be confused, especially with the presence of GET IT and possibly UNDERSTAND as well, due to some contexts of the word. However,CAPISCE was the real key to figuring this out for me, as it is a unique word and gives off the question vibe that the category name implies. There are not many other uses of the word in everyday use, so that was helpful in my quest to conquer the day’s puzzle.
SHADOW
WITNESS
This one was not immediately obvious, but perhaps it should have been if I had considered these words a bit more. However,CONTACT and SHADOW having eye-related meaningswas not as helpful as it should have been with the word SEE also on the board. However, once we got to this stage and entered the final answer, it was much more clear that these words were easier to connect than I initially thought. WITNESS or CANDY is probably the biggest hint here if you can connect the dots to the word “eye.”
Other Games Like Connections
Now that you have your four bars of eye candy for the day, you’re able to head off to one of these other puzzles:
Is It Free To Play?
Wordle(NYT)
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues.EveryWordleanswercan be found in our daily updated list.
Yes
Crosswordle
Find the two words that intersect each other like a crossword puzzle.
The Password Game
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find somehelpful tips in ourPassword Gameguide.
