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Hey there, Connectors! I hope you’ve had a lovely start to your week.

I recently watched this fascinating documentary and wanted to share it with you. It tells the story of artist and fashion designer Jerry Gretzinger, and the map he’s been working on since the early 1960s. Known as “Jerry’s map,” it started with a single sheet of paper, and Gretzinger kept it going using cards and an evolving rule book to dictate the process.

The video also concerns the map (which includes more than 4,000 panels) being assembled for the first time in over a decade. It’s such a beautiful project. I’d love to know more about the fictional world Gretzinger created for the map. Most importantly, it’s a tremendous example of the importance of making art:

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Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 11 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT ’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.

There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.

As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.

Today’s NYT Connections Word List

After today’s Connections word list, I’ll give you a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll reveal the categories, followed by the full answers.

  • TOAST
  • AYE
  • BRAVO
  • SOLD
  • BET
  • DONE
  • HISTORY
  • KNOWS
  • HARE
  • GOING
  • THROUGH
  • TWICE
  • ONCE
  • SUNK
  • TUNG
  • USA

A Hint For Today’s Connections Groups

The hints for today’s Connections categories are:

  • 🟨 Yellow group — the goose is cooked, and your number is up because you're in a pickle
  • 🟩 Green group — you might make a Discovery here, even if things are perhaps not quite ready for Showtime
  • 🟦 Blue group — after bidding someone well
  • 🟪 Purple group — from one's lips to another's ears

One Answer For Each Connections Group

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.

  • 🟨 Yellow group — TOAST
  • 🟩 Green group — HISTORY
  • 🟦 Blue group — GOING
  • 🟪 Purple group — TUNG

Today’s Connections Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — doomed
  • 🟩 Green group — basic cable channels
  • 🟦 Blue group — words in an auctioneer’s chant
  • 🟪 Purple group — homophones of facial features

What Is Today’s Connections Answer?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.

This is your last chance to look away.

This is your final warning!

Today’s Connections answers are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — doomed (DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST)
  • 🟩 Green group — basic cable channels (BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA)
  • 🟦 Blue group — words in an auctioneer's chant (GOING, ONCE, TWICE, SOLD)
  • 🟪 Purple group — homophones of facial features (AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG)

I was a little surprised that the auction words were the blues. I thought they'd be green at most. Still, I was happy with that start.

The yellows were up next after TOAST and THROUGH landed next to each other. I then realized that HISTORY and USA were both names of cable channels, which led me into the greens. BRAVO reminds me that I have so, so much Top Chef to catch up on. I haven't watched since Padma left. I do like Kristen Kish, though!

Anyway, saying the remaining four words out loud made the purple category (hair, nose, tongue, eye) clear for my 527th win in a row.

How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:

Be sure to check my blog for hints and the answer for tomorrow’s game of Connections if you need them.

P.S. Let’s keep the week of classic rock recommendations rolling along. Today is a number from one of my all-time faves, "It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N’ Roll)" by AC/DC. So good:

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!

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