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NYT Connections August 16 2024 Answers

Puzzle #432

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

OK COWBOY ANKLE SUN HI TIDE YO-YO MA FAIR GO-GO AVERAGE ELEVATOR PA SO-SO OR THIGH-HIGH

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — MEH
Green — U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS
Blue — KINDS OF BOOTS
Purple — THINGS THAT GO UP AND DOWN
MEHAVERAGE, FAIR, OK, SO-SO
U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONSHI, MA, OR, PA
KINDS OF BOOTSANKLE, COWBOY, GO-GO, THIGH-HIGH
THINGS THAT GO UP AND DOWNELEVATOR, SUN, TIDE, YO-YO
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.