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Today Connections No. 439 Hints and Answers for August 23, 2024

 Hello, puzzle enthusiasts! Today’s Connections puzzle is a real brain teaser, but don’t worry—I’ve got some hints to help you out. Let’s break down the categories without giving too much away!

1. Yellow

  • Hint: Think about items you look at when interacting with technology. These are all crucial parts of your computer or other screens.

2. Green

  • Hint: This category is all about fashion, but not your everyday wardrobe. Think of something more theatrical, associated with a specific style of performance.

3. Blue

  • Hint: This one is tricky! These words might not immediately make you think of colors, but they all represent different shades. You might need to think outside the box (or crayon box) for this one.

4. Purple

  • Hint: These words sound like the names of languages or nationalities. You’re looking for words that are pronounced similarly to names of places where these languages are spoken.
These hints should guide you toward solving the puzzle without giving it all away. If you’re still stuck, and want to know the answer then read the article.

Today's Connections Puzzle

The words we have to work with today are:

  • Titan
  • Fan
  • PH
  • Check
  • Finish
  • Monitor
  • Buff
  • Boa
  • Screen
  • Cream
  • Bask
  • Terminal
  • Corset
  • Display
  • Gloves

Visual Interface Components

First up, let's look at some potential connections. A monitor, terminal, screen, and display seem to fit together as visual interface components. These are all things you look at when working with computers, so they belong in the same group. Let's go ahead and select these as a set.

Great! This was the correct group, and it’s colored yellow, indicating a medium difficulty category.

Homophones for Languages

Now, let’s tackle another group. Check, finish, and tie seem tricky, but could they be homophones? Yes! These words sound like Czech (Czechoslovakia), Finnish (Finland), and Thai (Thailand), respectively.

We’ll save these for later and see what else we can piece together.

Clothing Items

Moving on, we have words like fan, boa, corset, and gloves. Could these be related to clothing or accessories? A corset and gloves are definitely clothing items, and a boa (as in a feather boa) fits too. Fan could also work here as something you might carry with you, especially in certain historical or cultural contexts.

After some consideration, it turns out these are items associated with burlesque wear. This group was marked green, a sign of high difficulty. I was thinking more along the lines of a princess heading to a ball, but our princess today turned out to be a burlesque performer. Half a point for creativity!

Colors

Next, let’s see if we can figure out the last group. We still have buff, cream, fawn, bask, and tan left. These seem unrelated at first glance, but wait—could these be shades of color?

I wouldn't typically think of buff or fawn as colors, but in this puzzle, they are. This connection was a real challenge, and I didn’t see it coming!

Homophones for Languages - Revisited

Finally, let's return to our earlier homophone group. Check, finish, and tie belong together as homophones for languages. The word basque also fits here, representing the Basque language.

Wrapping Up

Today’s puzzle was tough, with a few unexpected twists. Unfortunately, I ended up with just one and a half points today. But here are the correct answers.
  • Visual Interface Components: Monitor, Terminal, Screen, Display (Yellow)
  • Burlesque Wear: Corset, Gloves, Boa, Fan (Green)
  • Shades of Color: Buff, Cream, Fawn, Tan (Blue)
  • Homophones for Languages: Czech, Finnish, Thai, Basque (Purple)
 Some connections, like the shades of color, were tricky, and I missed them. Still, it’s all part of the fun!
Let me know in the comments how you did. Did you figure out the tricky color shades? I'll see you tomorrow for another round of Connections!
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