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NYT Connections August 8 2024 Answers

Puzzle #424

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

TALK PIRATE PILLAR PARROT HAM QUOTE CANNONBALL ANCHOR SATELLITE ECHO CORNERSTONE JACKKNIFE BACKFLIP BACKBONE BELLYFLOP REPEAT

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — SPLASHY WAYS TO ENTER A POOL
Green — REITERATE
Blue — MAINSTAY
Purple — ___ RADIO
SPLASHY WAYS TO ENTER A POOLBACKFLIP, BELLYFLOP, CANNONBALL, JACKKNIFE
REITERATEECHO, PARROT, REPEAT, QUOTE
MAINSTAYANCHOR, BACKBONE, CORNERSTONE, PILLAR
___ RADIOHAM, PIRATE, SATELLITE, TALK
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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.