New York Times Connections Tips and Answers for #431 August 15, 2024

Connections is back with another difficult puzzle. You have to sort all sixteen words into four mysterious categories, and you can’t make many mistakes before you lose. And to top it all off, this puzzle contains a lot of difficult words for you to sort.

If you are already familiar with the rules, Connectionsbut you’re stuck on today’s puzzle? Then you’ll find some helpful hints in the following sections. Look there for category hints, helpful spoilers and much more.

Words in NYT Connections Puzzle No. 431 for August 15, 2024

The Connections Today’s puzzle contains the words: match, phone, bud, reach, sierra, dirt, buddy, buddy, reach, check, natty, scope, supplement, stella, extent, And Partner.

Notes on the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you don’t understand this game, you can check out the clues below. Each section contains a different clue to help you get closer to the answers for each category.

Some general notes on the entire connection puzzle

1. Check and dirt fall into the same category.

2. Stella and Bud are in the same group.

3. None of these categories are about chess or other types of games.

Yellow NYT Connections category alerts

Here are some hints for the yellow/simple answer:
The amount of soil that covers something.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/simple
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Is
Width.

Answer to the category “Yellow Connections” and all four words

The answer to the yellow/simple
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Is
Width.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
extent, range, scope, scope.

Green NYT Connections Category Notes

Here are some clues for the green/medium difficulty answer in this minimalist puzzle game:
Soul mate, yin to my yang.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty level
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Is
Other half.

Answer to the category “Green Connections” and all four words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
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Is
Other half.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
complement, match, buddy, partner.

Blue NYT Connections Category Notes

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
I need a beer!

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/heavy
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Is
Beers, familiar.

Blue Connections Category Answer and all four words

The answer to the blue/difficult
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Is
Beers, familiar.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bud, Natty, Sierra, Stella.

Purple NYT Connections Category Notes

Here are some clues for the purple/tricky answer in this puzzle game:
The same word can appear before all of these words, creating four common expressions/words.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty level in
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Is
Words after “pay”.

Purple Connections Category Answer and all four words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
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Is
Words after “pay”.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Check, Dirt, Pal, Phone.

Answers for today’s NYT Connections No. 431, August 15, 2024

The answer to the New York Times Games Connections is in the section below. Open it to see all four categories and the words that belong in each category.

• Yellow – Width
  : extent, scope, reach, scope
• Green – Other Half
  : complement, match, buddy, partner
• Blue – Beers, familiar
  : Bud, Natty, Sierra, Stella
• Purple – Words after “Pay”
  : check, dirt, buddy, phone

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