NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (#444)

Puzzle #444. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (puzzle #444) is: YELLOW — PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT: MONKEY BARS, SLIDE, SWINGS, TEETER-TOTTER. GREEN — FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD: PENDULUM, TEA BAG, TETHERBALL, YO-YO. BLUE — DESCRIBED AS DRY: DESERT, HUMOR, MARTINI, TEETOTALER. PURPLE — BABY ___: BLUES, BOOMER, STEPS, TEETH.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

MARTINI
TEETH
HUMOR
PENDULUM
STEPS
TEA BAG
MONKEY BARS
TETHERBALL
TEETOTALER
SLIDE
BOOMER
DESERT
SWINGS
YO-YO
TEETER-TOTTER
BLUES

How hard is Connections #444?

Medium47/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Baby" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, August 28, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, August 28, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (puzzle #444) is: YELLOW — PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT: MONKEY BARS, SLIDE, SWINGS, TEETER-TOTTER. GREEN — FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD: PENDULUM, TEA BAG, TETHERBALL, YO-YO. BLUE — DESCRIBED AS DRY: DESERT, HUMOR, MARTINI, TEETOTALER. PURPLE — BABY ___: BLUES, BOOMER, STEPS, TEETH.

What is the purple group in Connections #444?

The purple (hardest) group is "BABY ___": BLUES, BOOMER, STEPS, TEETH.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT" — MONKEY BARS, SLIDE, SWINGS, TEETER-TOTTER. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #444. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.