Spoiler warning: The hints below reveal the themes gradually; the full groups and answers follow. This is the Sunday, August 25, 2024 puzzle, game #441.
Hints for Connections #441
Try each clue before scrolling to the answers. The four groups are organized by color in the game.
- Yellow: Very angry.
- Green: Rating or place.
- Blue: An acronym for air circulation.
- Purple: These activities involve a turn or a fold.
The 16 words in the grid
STEAMING, POKER, AIR, BAKING, LAUNDRY, RANKING, BOILING, STATION, HEATING, ORIGAMI, POSITION, FUMING, STANDING, VENTILATION, LIVID, CONDITIONING.
Answers for August 25, 2024
Spoilers below. The categories and word sets are reported consistently by TechRadar and Forbes, both of which published coverage on August 24, 2024.
#1 Best Overall
Yellow — HOPPING MAD
BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMING.
Green — STATUS
POSITION, RANKING, STANDING, STATION.
Blue — words in “HVAC”
AIR, CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATION. The connection is the familiar acronym for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
Purple — activities that involve folding
BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER. Each can be associated with folding: folding ingredients into a mixture, laundry, paper, or a hand in poker.
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About this archived puzzle
This answer is for the 2024 game #441 on Sunday, August 25. A Connections puzzle published on August 25 in another year is a different game. The original NYT archive was not available for independent verification here; the grid, clues, group names, and answers above are corroborated by TechRadar and Forbes.
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