NYT Connections August 4 2024 Answers
Puzzle #420
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
SPORT DRINK BLUE OOZE DOWN LLAMA TIGER GAME DEEP CHAMP BRINY EERIE AMENABLE AARDVARK BUDDY WILLING
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — KIDDO
Green — UP FOR IT
Blue — BEGINNING WITH DOUBLE LETTERS
Purple — NICKNAMES FOR THE SEA, WITH “THE”
KIDDOBUDDY, CHAMP, SPORT, TIGER
UP FOR ITAMENABLE, DOWN, GAME, WILLING
BEGINNING WITH DOUBLE LETTERSAARDVARK, EERIE, LLAMA, OOZE
NICKNAMES FOR THE SEA, WITH “THE”BLUE, BRINY, DEEP, DRINK
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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.