New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #439…

Connections is ready to blow your mind with another difficult puzzle. If you want to win this one, you will need to not only sort all the words into mystery categories, but you'll need to do it all with fewer than four mistakes.

But today's puzzle is way more challenging than the rules of Connection might make it sound. If you play this game a lot, you know just how difficult these puzzles can get. So if you are stuck, check out the article below to help you get unstuck.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #439 for August 23, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Tie, Tan, Fan, Fawn, Check, Finish, Monitor, Buff, Boa, Screen, Cream, Bask, Terminal, Corset, Display, and Gloves.

What is the Definition of Fawn?

Fawn has a lot of meanings in English, so here is a list of all of them:

A baby deer.
To lavish someone else with flattery and waiting on them, usually for some sort of favor or attention.
A darker beige color.
When a dog is in love with its owner, it is usually said to be fawning.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Since this innovative puzzle game doesn't have any built-in hints to help you out, you can find some below. There are spoilers and clues, but no one section will spoil the whole puzzle for you.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

1. None of these categories are about really liking a fandom, like a band or a show.

2. One of these categories is about things you can wear, but Tie is not included.

3. Check and Finish go in the same group.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer for this minimalist puzzle game: How to interact with a computer.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Visual Interface.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Visual Interface.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Display, Monitor, Screen, Terminal.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: What you might wear just to take back off again.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Burlesque Wear.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Burlesque Wear.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Boa, Corset, Fan, Gloves.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: Other things you could fit into this category: Ivory, Sand, Camel.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Beige Shades.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Beige Shades.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Buff, Cream, Fawn, Tan.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this puzzle game that can increase your smarts: Sounds like a language to me.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Language Homophones.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Language Homophones.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Bask, Check, Finish, Tie.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #439 for August 23, 2024

Want to see the whole spoiler for New York Times Games Connections puzzle number 439? In the expandable section below, you can; all the groupings and the words in each one are located there.

Yellow - Visual Interface: Display, Monitor, Screen, Terminal
Green - Burlesque Wear: Boa, Corset, Fan, Gloves
Blue - Beige Shades: Buff, Cream, Fawn, Tan
Purple - Language Homophones: Bask, Check, Finish, Tie