It’s that time again! Time to get those cogs moving and extend your streak for another day. That can be easier said than done, though.
Connections isn’t designed to be easy. If today’s puzzle has you stuck, we’ve got everything you need to get unstuck.
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Connections hint for Monday 31st August
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: They each have something in common with a can of Pringles.
- 🟩 Green hint: Different ways of saying “handle me with care!”
- 🟦 Blue hint: The titles of those on the throne.
- 🟪 Purple hint: Bowls are surprisingly varied.
- Extra hint 1: One group is united by a second word in common.
- Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter ‘L’
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Lipstick
- 🟩 Green: Heavy
- 🟦 Blue: Shogun
- 🟪 Purple: Poke
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections groups are revealed just below!
Today’s Connections groups revealed
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- 🟨 Yellow: Things That Come in Tubes
- 🟩 Green: Warnings on a Shipping Box
- 🟦 Blue: Historical Sovereign Titles
- 🟪 Purple: ___ Bowl
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!
Connections answer today
Here is the answer to today’s Connections puzzle on Monday, 31st August:
- 🟨 Yellow: Things That Come in Tubes (Lipstick, Poster, Tennis Balls, Toothpaste)
- 🟩 Green: Warnings on a Shipping Box (Fragile, Heavy, Perishable, This Side Up)
- 🟦 Blue: Historical Sovereign Titles (Caliph, Khan, Pharaoh, Shogun)
- 🟪 Purple: ___ Bowl (Dust, Poke, Salad, Super)
Today’s puzzle covered cylindrical things, shipping warnings, the different types of bowls you may encounter, and it even threw in a history lesson. Overall, it was a nicely varied puzzle with just the right amount of challenge for me! If all puzzles could be like this one, that would be great.
Let us know in the comments below how you found today’s puzzle! Here’s my grid:
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Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!