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NYT Connections August 28 2024 Answers

Puzzle #444

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

MARTINI TEETH HUMOR PENDULUM STEPS TEA BAG MONKEY BARS TETHERBALL TEETOTALER SLIDE BOOMER DESERT SWINGS YO-YO TEETER-TOTTER BLUES

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Green — FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD
Blue — DESCRIBED AS DRY
Purple — BABY ___
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENTMONKEY BARS, SLIDE, SWINGS, TEETER-TOTTER
FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORDPENDULUM, TEA BAG, TETHERBALL, YO-YO
DESCRIBED AS DRYDESERT, HUMOR, MARTINI, TEETOTALER
BABY ___BLUES, BOOMER, STEPS, TEETH
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.