Today’s Connections Hint and Answer August 7th for 423

Few things seem to go as well with Wednesday as wearing pink and trying to figure out the Connections response for today, August 7th.

If you’ve never played it, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all the words are well… connected. This connection could come from the fact that they share a similar meaning, are part of a place name, objects found in a kitchen, or anything else really!

Although it may seem easy, the connection groups each have a different level of difficulty – yellow being the easiest and purple being the most difficult. For this reason, practice Today’s Login Response This can be quite complicated. You may get one group right away, but another may be a mystery to you. Luckily, we are here to help!

Originally developed at the New York Times’ annual game jam, Connections was released in beta in June 2023. It has since become one of the most popular games featured by the NYTimes, second only to Worlde. Although some connections have been made to the BBC’s Only Connect program…

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some clues for today’s Connections riddle:

• YELLOW – Fill it in.
• Green – The roles that one can have in a restaurant.
• Blue – Different electromagnetic waves.
• Purple – They all have pieces.
• The elements belong to the yellow group, the host to green and the radio to blue.

Remember: yellow is the easiest group to find, followed by green and blue, with purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Login Words for August 7th

Here are the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you make a connection before visiting today’s answer:

X-ray	Byte	Radio	Drill
Dishwasher	RAM	Microwave	Server
Actor	Cook	Thing	Host
Pack	Visible	Flange	Jam

Connections response for August 7th

Without further ado, here is Connections’ response for today:

• Baccalaureate – Jam, Pack, Ram, Stuff.
• Jobs in catering – Cook, Dishwasher, Host, Waiter.
• Electromagnetic spectrum – Microwave, radio, visible, X-ray.
• Things with pieces – Bride, Octet, Actor, Exercise.

This was a pretty tough puzzle to solve. So much so that I couldn’t find the last group before I ran out of tries. Well, I started putting together Microwave, Radio, Visible, and X-Ray. When you get to a certain age, some of these words are just too recurrent in your life to ignore. My next goal was to find words that would go with Cook and Dishwasher. After putting the wrong words together once, I found the right ones. As I tried to find the right angle to deal with the remaining words, I ended up using up all my tries. I did get the Yellow group before that though!

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but if you’ve already solved that problem today, the New York Times has other games to offer. As for word-based games, the NYTimes offers Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, and Strands, which is still in beta. If you feel like taking a break from words, you can also try Tiles — a pattern-matching game — or Sudoku.

Outside of the NYTimes, there is Semantle, where you have to find the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t matter in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value of your guesses to plot your way to the answer. However, if you prefer to stick to the Connections format, it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. There are hundreds of Connections-style puzzles there, but the twist is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in the mood to read, we explained why the NYTimes’ crossword puzzle is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, head of games for the NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s connections!