Today is a good day. No need to ruin it by losing that extended Connections streak! Not when you’ve got the RPS Connections Companion to consult, after all.
This guide contains subtle hints and full answers to any Connections puzzle, and it’s back each and every day with fresh tips.
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Connections hint for Sunday 16th August
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: The stage is ready and the crowd is waiting!
- 🟩 Green hint: There wouldn’t be a game, a deal, or a drama without one.
- 🟦 Blue hint: Terms found on a family tree.
- 🟪 Purple hint: The family goes back a couple million years.
- Extra hint 1: Two groups are eerily similar.
- Extra hint 2: Every group except purple has at least one word containing the letter ‘G’
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Gig
- 🟩 Green: Player
- 🟦 Blue: Half
- 🟪 Purple: Handy
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: Musical Performance
- 🟩 Green: Participant
- 🟦 Blue: Family Relationship Modifiers
- 🟪 Purple: Descriptors for Our Human Ancestors
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 Sunday, 16th August:
- 🟨 Yellow: Musical Performance (Concert, Gig, Set, Show)
- 🟩 Green: Participant (Actor, Agent, Party, Player)
- 🟦 Blue: Family Relationship Modifiers (Grand, Great, Half, Step)
- 🟪 Purple: Descriptors for Our Human Ancestors (From Neander, Handy, Upright, Wise)
Did the yellow and green groups trip up anyone else or was it just me? Both groups were similarly related. Player and Concert? Actor and Show? You can’t tell me they don’t sound like they’re from the same group! But then again, maybe that’s exactly the kind of trickery that brought you here today.
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!