Today's Connections Hints and Answers for August 21, 2024 (Puzzle #436)

Today's Connections the puzzle has quite a variety of different words, which always makes the puzzle difficult to solve. However, if you know what to look for, some tips can make it a little easier. Below we have lots of clues to help you solve today's puzzle.

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Today's Connections Category Tips

21 AUGUST No. 436

If you just want a few hints so you can try solving the puzzle yourself, you can check out the four below. These are there to help you learn what the categories might be, but if you're still stuck, keep scrolling for more answers.

• One category is cover-up
• A category is about things that can grow
• One category is for those who love graphics
• One category is words used to describe trendy drinks

Some of these words may seem far apart at first glance, but there is more to the connection than meets the eye. However, for those who want them, here are the category names:

Today's Relationship Answers

21 AUGUST No. 436

Yellow Answers: Detected and explained

Personally, I feel that all these words are more different than the category suggests. I don't plaster my wall like I frost a cake. Even then, I wouldn't CAKE the makeup like SMEARING the eyeliner. It's just not the same. However, they have a similar vibe covers something elseand while I'm skeptical about it, I can see why they all fall into that category.

Green Answers: Revealed and Explained

I think it was TIR, oddly enough, that turned me away from this category of scents. I stuck with it being a tire and not an inflatable. I think if I thought of it more like bicycle tires, I would see the connection with FLOATIE and BALLOON. BASKETBALL is also an interesting part of it, maybe because of that sports balls and tires are not inflated as often as the other two.

Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained

I absolutely suck for a good chart and I grew up I make all kinds of charts to diagram different stories in my elementary reading class. In fact, I got so detailed about these BUBBLE and LINE charts that my teacher had to tell me to stop.

We didn't make that many BAR and PIE charts, but given my tendency to overdo it, this is probably for the best. At least it has paid off now with my work as a writer and has helped me get multiple graduate degrees.

Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained

Oops, my absence trendy drink knowledge struck again because I couldn't figure out what the fourth word was. I had a pretty strong idea that FIZZ, PUNCH, and SOUR went together, but the last one was harder to find. Maybe I should pay more attention to the cocktail menus from now on, since that seems to be a running theme in these puzzles now.

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