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NYT Connections August 29 2024 Answers

Puzzle #445

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

PLAYER GAMBLE BROWN YOUNG COUNT SMITH NOBLE DUKE UPRIGHT CONSIDER GRAND JUDGE ELECTRONIC REGARD HOWARD JOHNSON

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — KINDS OF PIANOS
Green — DEEM
Blue — U.S. COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
Purple — SECOND NAMES IN COMPANIES WITH AMPERSANDS
KINDS OF PIANOSELECTRONIC, GRAND, PLAYER, UPRIGHT
DEEMCONSIDER, COUNT, JUDGE, REGARD
U.S. COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIESBROWN, DUKE, HOWARD, SMITH
SECOND NAMES IN COMPANIES WITH AMPERSANDSGAMBLE, JOHNSON, NOBLE, YOUNG
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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.