Today's Connections Hints & Answers For August 10, 2024 (Puzzle #425) (2024)

If you are having trouble working out today's Connections puzzle, you are in luck! We have a few hints and tricks for you to help you get the answers to solve the day. We all know what it is like to struggle with a difficult puzzle and feel like it's impossible. While we worked alone, you fortunately have us to help you along the way.

If you want even more puzzling goodness, you can check out the daily NYT Wordle puzzle. It has the same sort of logical deductions you need to make in Connections, but it has a slightly different feel. You only get a certain number of guesses and your letter choices are increasingly limited. If you get lucky, you will hopefully solve the puzzle in just a couple rows so that you can show it off to all your puzzling friends.

Today's Connections Category Hints

AUGUST 10 #425

There are several challenges in today's puzzle, and the usual "easy" category is not actually the easiest one. To get some more hints before we give answers, check out the following tips:

• The "easy" category is about color
• One category is about utility
• One category is about software
• You should think about the last category in media terms

There are a few tricky words in these categories, and some of the options look like they belong elsewhere. Some look like they may not belong anywhere at all. If you still need a boost, check out the category names below:

	THINGS THAT ARE RED
	BE IN COMMISSION
	MICROSOFT PRODUCTS
	BIOPICS

Today's Connections Answers

AUGUST 10 #425

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

None of these things are red all the time, and I take issue with that. I would have thought it would be slightly more connected than just a simple color, but that is not how today's puzzle was constructed.

MARS is probably the thing that is red more than anything else for the longest amount of time, but it is also a candy bar that would go well with STRAWBERRY and milk from another category. There are a lot of ways to miss the mark here, but hopefully you figure it out before it makes you see red as well.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

Things that RUN or OPERATE or FUNCTION are all things that are actively WORKing. This category was fairly easy to figure out today, but JOBS might be a word that messes with this category if you successfully guessed it right.

However, "jobs" does not feel like the same type of word and does not have the same vibe that the others in this category do. That makes it easier to pivot and get the right four words if that one messes with you.

Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

The editor likely could not have predicted the Microsoft wave of disaster that happened recently that would make this category a little easier than it might have been. However, Microsoft products have inundated the lives of anyone stuck in front of a computer - yes, even Apple ones, so much so that this felt like the easiest category today. Seeing OFFICE and TEAMS with WINDOWS close by made it feel quite obvious. That, and the little EDGE icon at the bottom of the screen was another hint.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

This one was a little tricky, particularly with some of the films being a little older. JOBS is probably the one most people know off the top of their head, with VICE being the other more recent film. However, with VICE having an R rating and the other two films being older, people might have a harder time with this category. However, if you do this one last, you will have a better time getting the win for this puzzle.

Other Games Like Connections

After you have finished perusing IMDB to see what all these movies are about, check out one of the following puzzle games while you pick your favorite one to watch:

Connections

Released

June 12, 2023

Developer(s)

The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)

The New York Times Company

ESRB

e

Platform(s)

Web Browser , Mobile