NYT Connections hint (Fri, 14 Aug)

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Connections hint for Friday 14th August

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: They all share a wardrobe.
• 🟩 Green hint: Like-minded hangouts.
• 🟦 Blue hint: A creative's arsenal.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Three sides, four logos.
• Extra hint 1: One group focuses on appearance.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'B'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Bumblebee
• 🟩 Green: Bubble
• 🟦 Blue: Straightedge
• 🟪 Purple: Google Drive

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Black-and-Yellow
• 🟩 Green: Places Where Everyone Thinks the Same Ways
• 🟦 Blue: Comic Book Artist's Tools
• 🟪 Purple: Triangle Logos

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Friday, 14th August:

• 🟨 Yellow: Black-and-Yellow (Bumblebee, Caution Tape, Charlie Brown, Wolverine)
• 🟩 Green: Places Where Everyone Thinks the Same Ways (Bubble, Echo Chamber, Hivemind, Silo)
• 🟦 Blue: Comic Book Artist's Tools (Bristol Board, Dip Pen, India Ink, Straightedge)
• 🟪 Purple: Triangle Logos (Bass Ale, Citgo, Delta Airlines, Google Drive)

This puzzle had a nice combination of visual associations and abstract ideas. Both the yellow and purple groups focused on the appearance of their connections, in terms of both color and shape. The green group, however, was a little more subtle, honing in on ideas instead of physical appearances.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!