If you've been trying to work out today's Connections but are struggling to crack the answers, then we may be able to help with that.
The aim of the game is to find out what the four categories of the day are based on how words link together, but you only get four attempts to crack it.
Connections was made by New York Times, which also owns the viral word guessing game Wordle.
If you want to play Connections, you can try it out now via the website.
How to play Connections
The categories have specific topics and there is only one solution for each puzzle, so you need to be careful on words that look like they can fit into more than one.
As you work out categories, they will automatically be put into coloured groups that each offer different levels of gameplay.
The four colours are yellow, green, blue and purple, yellow is straightforward whilst purple is tricky.
To play the game, you select four words you think have a connection and hit submit.
If you are correct they will automatically go into a coloured category, if not you will lose a life.
If you are close to the answer you may get a message saying 'one off' however you will not be told the word.
Hints for today's Connections Thursday, August 17
If you're still struggling to save your streak, then don't scroll down yet, as we have some hints for today's connections.
Without telling you what colour each category is, here are today's hints.
- A type of food you end the meal on
- Think of jobs linked with names
- Five and six-letter words only
- Think of the Word version as a shape
Answers for today's Connections, Thursday, August 17
If you have given up on today's game, then we can save the day, but if you want to keep guessing, then look away now.
Yellow category: Desserts- Cake, Cobbler, Pie, Tart
Green category: Occupational Surnames- Fisher, Mason, Miller, Smith
Blue category: Alter Deceptively- Distort, Docotr, Fudge, Twist
Purple category: Square__- Dance, Meal, One, Root
Have you tried Connections? Let us know how well you did.
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