Connections is a New York Times puzzle game where players have to figure out “connections” between various words and arrange them into groups of four. To help you out, we decided to break down all the categories and answers for the Connections puzzle for August 9.
What is “Connections”?
NYT’s ‘Connections’ is a puzzle game that’s all the hype on social media these days. You will find people solving and sharing their successes and failures on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), and more. The game is managed by Wyna Liu, NYT’s associate puzzle editor. Connections gives players 16 random words that must be divided into categories they don’t know.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.
- Yellow Category – Are you even present?
- Green Category – We are all this for a cause
- Blue Category – Genres within a music genre
- Purple Category – A shocking word comes before all of these
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. However, if you still can’t find them, read on to get more help with today’s Connections.
Categories for Today’s Connections Puzzle
Need more help with today’s NYT Connections puzzle? Here are today’s categories:
- Yellow – NOT PRESENT
- Green – SUPPORTER
- Blue – ROCK GENRES
- Purple – SHOCK _ _ _
While you are here, you should also check out the hints and answers for today’s NYT Strands as well as today’s Wordle.
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Answers for Today’s Connections Game (August 9)
Are you still stuck with the Connections puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- NOT PRESENT – Absent, Elsewhere, Gone, Mia
- SUPPORTER – Advocate, Champion, Cheerleader, Exponent
- ROCK GENRES – Glam, Goth, Metal, Punk
- SHOCK _ _ _ – Horror, Jock, Value, Wave
The NYT Connections puzzle for August 9 made me realize there are actually genres within genres. However, I first began by solving the Yellow category and got it quickly since I knew MIA from all the movies I’ve seen. Connecting the rest of the words was as easy.
The Green category came next and I really didn’t know Cheerleader meant to support something. But now that I’ve used the word, I see why it would be. The Blue category came next and this is when my realization happened. However, once I had this enlightenment, I quickly added it.
As always there were only four words left. I got them all together to get the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for August 9.
Yesterday’s Connections Answer
Have you accidentally stumbled on here? Looking for Connections hints and answers for August 8? Get familiar with the puzzle and solve NYT Connections easily!
How was your experience with Connections today? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
