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NYT Connections August 20 2024 Answers

Puzzle #436

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

CAT CRANK BLOW POP LION GRINCH WIND TURTLE CRAB REEL DRAFT RAM PUFF BULL TURN GUST

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — RUSH OF WIND
Green — ROTATE
Blue — ZODIAC SYMBOLS
Purple — DR. SEUSS TITLE FIGURES
RUSH OF WINDBLOW, DRAFT, GUST, PUFF
ROTATECRANK, REEL, TURN, WIND
ZODIAC SYMBOLSBULL, CRAB, LION, RAM
DR. SEUSS TITLE FIGURESCAT, GRINCH, POP, TURTLE
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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.