Today's Connections Hints and Answers for August 9, 2024 (Puzzle #424)

You don't want yourself Connections Lane to go MIA because only one category was missed. It's a frustrating feeling, and we've got all the help you need to make sure it doesn't happen. If you wants to keep this band alive as opposed to getting upset because you missed a subtle answer that was a red herring for an entirely different category. We're here to help you do just that.

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Today's Connections Category Tips

AUGUST 9 No. 424

There are many interesting categories today, and some of them have the potential to overlap. To help you combat this, here are some tips for trying to solve the puzzle yourself:

• One category is related to music
• A category is about the absence of something
• One category does not apply to high school groups
• One category is shocking

If you still need a little help with this puzzle, we have all the category names for today, which will give you that extra push to finish it.

Today's Relationship Answers

AUGUST 9 No. 424

Yellow Answers: Detected and explained

If you're not, you're actually NOT. You can be SOMEWHERE ELSE, making people think you're going to MIA. It's fun to see how often words with the same meaning are nevertheless used together. Gone and MIA is a good example of this and is interesting in the context of how the puzzle works. JAM and PACK in the last puzzle felt the same way, because I think they are used together more often than they are used separately, at least in certain dialects.

Green Answers: Revealed and Explained

Things can get a little confusing here, as CHEERLEADER can easily be matched with words in later categories to express more of a high school stereotype. But in this context there are these words about how to support or ADVOCATE something or someone.

CHAMPION is a double entendre that can be confusing, but not as much as the other. EXPONENT is also not a word I would use in this way, but it often is with such words. Connections puzzle.

Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained

Here, GOTH is probably the most obvious example of what can happen with a cheerleader, but so can PUNK. But if you take a step back and look at the words, thinking about it in musical terms clicks.

However, sometimes it still amazes me when I think about the fact that there are as many genres of rock as there are genres of music in general. This explains why everyone in my life, if asked who their favorite rock band is, will answer with a different band.

Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained

SHOCK VALUE and SHOCK WAVE are the best examples here and which most people will immediately recognize. SHOCK horror also has certain cultural connotations, but usually the goal of the horror genre is to shock.

I had never heard of a shock JOCK before so this was new and I was a little worried about keeping it on the lookout. Don't worry, but I've done it carefully so you don't have to, and it's just a radio DJ saying shocking, truly shocking things.

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