Today's NYT Connections hints and answers (August 16, 2024): Puzzle #432 answers

Three of the 16 words in today's NYT Connections are compound terms (two words joined by a hyphen), which might lead you to believe this is the common link between them. However, this could be a deliberate distraction by the publishers to divert you from the true solution to the puzzle and potentially break your winning streak.

However, this article aims to help you maintain your winning streak by providing a few hints to guide you in identifying the categories. For those who haven’t solved the puzzle in their first three attempts, the final segment of this guide includes all the answers.

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Today's NYT Connections hints (August 16, 2024)

The hints for each category in today's NYT Connections are provided below:

All words for NYT Connections today (Image via New York Times)

Category	Hints
Yellow category	Some things are not very impressive.
Green category	There are 50 of these in the USA.
Blue category	These help you save your feet from dirt and dust.
Purple category	These things always follow two specific directions.

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Today's NYT Connections answers (August 16, 2024)

All the categories (and the words that fall under each one) for the NYT Connections puzzle on August 16, 2024, are given below:

All answers for NYT Connections today (Image via New York Times)

Category	Hints
Yellow category	The category is for words that mean Meh. The words are Average, OK, Fair, So-So
Green category	The category is for U.S State Abbreviations. The words are Pa, Ma, Hi, Or.
Blue category	These words mean different Kinds of Boots. The words are Ankle, Thigh-High, Go-Go, Cowboy.
Purple category	These are Things That Go Up and Down. The words are Elevator, Sun, Yo-Yo, Tide.

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