Today’s NYT Connections Tips and Answers, August 27, No. 443

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Need the answers to the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brain teaser. You’re given 16 words and you have to sort them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that fit into more than one group. Read on to find out today’s Connections tips and answers.

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Notes for today’s Connections groups

Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Note on the yellow group: Loud noise.

Note on the green group: Makes you cheerful.

Note on the blue group: Haircut accessories.

Note on the purple group: Deal me in.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Explosive sound.

Green Group: Chili pepper quality.

Blue Group: Classic hairdressing supplies.

Purple Group: Types of cards.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is explosive sound. The four responses are boom, crash, roar and thunder.

The green words in today’s edition of Connections

The topic is the quality of chili peppers. The four answers are fire, heat, kick and spice.

The blue words in today’s edition of Connections

The topic is classic hairdressing supplies. The four answers are brush, cape, hair clipper and gel.

The purple words in today’s edition of Connections

The topic is card types. The four answers are Baseball, Magic, Set and Tarot.

How to play Connections

Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally organize them into groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you won’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Look carefully at the words and think of related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with only part of the word. Once four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”