Connections is a word-based game that has taken the world by storm but if you’re struggling with Wednesday’s puzzle, Newsweek is here to assist you.
The New York Times game has become a huge hit since it was released in June 2023.
Instructions on how to play Connections are below and clues and the answers for Wednesday are towards the end of the article, so scroll with caution.
How to Play ‘Connections’
The brainteaser tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association. For example, one game linked the words “buddy,” “champ,” “sport” and “tiger” in the category “synonyms for ‘kiddo.'”
Each of the four categories is labeled with a color, which indicates the difficulty level. Yellow is the easiest category, followed by green, blue and purple. The puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay for instance, to keep things interesting.
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The uniting themes can come from a broad range of categories—anything from Halloween costumes to music genres.
If all four words are correctly placed into each set, these will be removed from the board. Each incorrect guess counts toward the mistake tally. Up to four errors can be made before it is game over.
Players can shuffle and rearrange the board if they want to try to make the process of guessing the connections easier. To make things a bit tougher, a word can sometimes belong to more than one category—but there is only one correct answer.
Connections editor Wyna Liu previously shared her tips for playing with Newsweek.
“My best piece of advice is to wait as long as you can before guessing,” Liu said.
“You may see the board and have completely identified the category, seeing five words that could belong in that category. Don’t try to guess the four words in that category, because even though you know what the fifth member is, you won’t know which of the four it might not be,” which would ultimately waste a turn.
‘Connections’ #423 Clues for Wednesday, August 7
Newsweek has some hints to help you figure out today’s Connections categories.
Yellow: Words used when something is packed to the brim.
Green: The roles people have when you go to an establishment to eat.
Blue: Relates to physics, particularly waves you can’t see.
Purple: These words are linked to a word that means “a very small part of something.”
‘Connections’ #423 Answers for Wednesday, August 7
Yellow Category: CRAM
Yellow Words: Jam, Pack, Ram, Stuff
Green Category: RESTAURANT JOBS
Green Words: Cook, Dishwasher, Host, Server
Blue Category: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
Blue Words: Microwave, Radio, Visible, X-Ray
Purple Category: THINGS WITH BITS
Purple Words: Bridle, Byte, Comedian, Drill
Did you guess the answers correctly? If so, congratulations. If you didn’t, there is no need to worry, as there will be another opportunity to crack Connections tomorrow.
Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone, and Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another round of hints and tips.
If you can’t wait, why not try these other popular online word puzzle games?