Need some Connections advice today? Riding on the monumental success of its daily puzzle game Wordle, the New York Times now has another fantastically popular word game. It’s called Connections, and if you haven’t played it yet, now’s the time to start.
In this guide, we’ll give you a handy selection of tips for today’s Connections puzzle on Friday, August 9, before revealing the Connections group themes and answers. We’ll also explain how to play Connections if you’re novel to Wordle!
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Connecting Words on Friday, August 9
For comparison, here are 16 keywords for today:
| Horror | Cheerleader | Punk | Jock |
| Mia | Got | Wave | Shiny |
| Master | Elsewhere | Value | Exponent |
| Lost | Metal | Spokesman | Absent |
Connection Tip for August 9th
Here’s a hint for each of the word groups in today’s Connections puzzle, as well as some additional clues to aid you find the answer:
- Yellow (easiest): Lost.
- Green (uncomplicated): The types of people who will support an idea, person, or thing.
- Blue (medium): Types of a specific genre of music.
- Purple (most arduous): All these words appear after some surprise.
- Bonus tip 1: Jock and Cheerleader belong to two different groups.
- Bonus tip 2: Mia is an abbreviation here, not a name.
Connections Groups for August 9th
If you need an even bigger clue to solve today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four valid Connections groupings — the themes that connect each set of four words in the Connections grid together.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- Absent
- Waist
- Rock Genres
- Shocking ___
Now that you know the themes of the different connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check out the full answer below.
Spoiler alert! Today’s Connections answer is ahead!
What is the answer to today’s (Friday, August 9) Connections question?
- Absent: Absent, Elsewhere, Gone, Mia
- Waist: Spokesperson, Champion, Cheerleader, Lecturer
- Rock Genres: Glam, Gothic, Metal, Punk
- Shocking ___: Horror, Jock, Value, Wave
Congratulations if you answered today’s Connections question correctly, with or without the aid of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t manage it today, don’t worry – a novel Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!
What is Connections?
Connections is a word-building game published daily by the NYT, host of the ever-popular Wordle puzzle. Created each day by crossword puzzle creator Wyna Liu, Connections presents you with a selection of 16 seemingly different words, and you have to group them into four sets of four, where each group of four words has a common theme.
For example, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all characters from Peter Pan. Or, to give another example, “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go”, and “Stick” are all words that usually appear right before the word “Figure”.
Your task is to guess what motives connect the different words – but be careful, because there are often deliberately placed misleading clues to confuse you! To win the game, you must find all four connections without making 4 mistakes. On the fourth mistake, the game ends and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in the Connections puzzle is also assigned a different color each day, representing how uncomplicated or arduous it is to find the Connection. These colors are: Yellow (easiest), Green (uncomplicated), Blue (medium), and Purple (hardest).
That wraps up today’s guide on how to solve the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you’re looking for aid with Wordle, we also have our list of Wordle past answers for you, as well as a Wordle clue and answer for Thursday, August 8. You can also check out our list of the best Wordle starters or operate our Wordle Solver to easily find the answer!
