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Today's Connections Category Tips
29 AUGUST No. 444
If you're in need of a little prompting without an answer, here are a few tips that might light your way. These all belong to separate categories and can help solve the puzzle alone.
- One category is related to music
- One category is about how you think
- One category is related to higher education
- A category is related to companies with a similar feature
If you still need some suggestions, you can check out the category names below. This is often the biggest breakthrough because understanding what you're looking for is often more than half the battle.
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TYPES OF PIANO |
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DEEM |
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US COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES |
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MIDDLE NAMES IN COMPANIES WITH AMPERSANDS |
Today's Relationship Answers
29 AUGUST No. 444
Yellow Answers: Detected and explained
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TYPES OF PIANO |
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ELECTRON |
GRAND |
PLAYER |
LOW |
It was interesting because I don't have much experience different types of pianos. I think it would have become clear to me sooner if there had been more hints that it was specifically a piano, but I didn't work it out at first. I think looking at UPRIGHT and GRAND has the best potential to figure you out, but it may also depend on whether or not you mix it with Bass.
Green Answers: Revealed and Explained
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DEEM |
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PLEASE NOTE |
COUNT |
JUDGE |
Sincerely |
It's a little easier, and I gravitated to it first because these words all have a different feel than the others. COUNT is a slightly different definition that I wouldn't normally put in this category certainly appropriate in other contexts. Either way, this felt like the easiest and most obvious category to enter in today's puzzle, and I hope you did too.
Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained
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US COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES |
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BROWN |
DUKE |
HOWARD |
SMITH |
It's hard if you're not familiar with a A wide spectrum of higher education in the United States. Fortunately, if you recognize just one of these and connect the other names to it, you can look up what other college names are. DUKE and HOWARD feel most recognizable, BROWN comes next. SMITH is a little more difficult because of how common it is, especially given the number of common surnames in the purple category today.
Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained
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MIDDLE NAMES IN COMPANIES WITH AMPERSANDS |
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GAMOR |
JOHNSON |
NOBLE |
YOUNG |
It's difficult and oddly quite specific. I think the best hope is that you recognize these as half of the company name then discover that they all share a common ampersand. Maybe your brain works differently than mine and you may figure out the connection ahead of time, but it's best to have these words last in the puzzle so you don't have to figure the connection out yourself.
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