Want a connection tip today? Due to the enormous success of the daily puzzle game Wordle, The New York Times has now released another fantastically popular word game. It’s called Connections, and if you haven’t played it yet, now is the time.
In this guide, we’ll give you a handy selection of clues for today’s Connections puzzle on Tuesday 13th August, before revealing the group topics and the Connections answers themselves. We’ll also explain how to play Connections if you’re coming over from Wordle for the first time!
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Connecting words on Tuesday, August 13
For reference, here are the 16 connecting words for today:
| Marked | Said | spoke | wheel |
| Clear | Handling | porter | Pronounced |
| Designation | Rough | Striking | Nickname |
| Told | Nickname | Performance | Spoken |
Connection notice for August 13
Here’s a clue for each of the word groups in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a few other clues to help you find the answer:
- Yellow (easiest): Opportunities to say something.
- Green (simple): A type of name given to someone that can be humorous.
- Blue (medium): Something that is clearly visible or obvious.
- Purple (hardest): These words all come before some kind of dwelling.
- Extra tip 1: Spoke and wheel belong to two different groups.
- Extra tip 2: Handle is used here as a noun and not as a verb.
Liaison groups for August 13
If you need an even bigger clue to solve today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll show you the four correct Connections groups – the themes that link each group of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- Specified
- Nickname
- Apparently
- ___ Houses (that are not houses)
Now that you know the topics for the different compounds in today’s puzzle, try to solve it! If not, you can find the full answer below.
Spoiler alert! Today’s Connections answer is ahead of you!
What is the answer to Connections today (Tuesday, August 13)?
- Specified: Said, spoken, told, expressed
- Nickname: designation, name, nickname, nickname
- Apparently: Clear, distinct, distinctive, striking
- ___ Houses (that are not houses): Porter, Power, Rau, Wheel
Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy tips above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like Wordle!
What is Connections?
Connections is a word puzzle game published daily by The New York Times, publisher of the endlessly popular Wordle puzzle. Created each day by crossword writer Wyna Liu, Connections presents you with a selection of 16 seemingly disparate words that you must group into four groups of four words, with each group of four words sharing a common theme.
For example, the words “hook,” “nana,” “Peter,” and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Or, to give another example, “action,” “ballpark,” “go,” and “stick” are all words that usually come right before the word “figure.”
Your task is to find out which themes connect the different words. But be careful, because often false connections are deliberately made to mislead you! To win the game, you must find all four connections without making four mistakes. If you make a fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is automatically displayed.
Each of the four groups in the Connections puzzle of the day is also given a different color that indicates how easy or difficult the connection is to find. These colors are: yellow (easiest), green (easy), blue (moderately difficult) and purple (most difficult).
That concludes today’s guide to solving the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you need help with Wordle, we also have our list of previous Wordle answers for you, as well as the Wordle clue and answer for Monday, August 12. You can also check out our list of best Wordle beginning words or use our Wordle solver tool to find the answer easily!
