Today's Connections Hints & Answers For September 2, 2024 (Puzzle #448)

If you feel stuck or if something feels off in today's puzzle, you can rest easy knowing we're here to help you stay on track. There are some fun categories today, so dive in and have a good time as you solve this puzzle.

If you want something that will not take a major investment on your part but is still fun, you should try out the daily puzzle. This puzzle allows you to match tiles to each other and slowly remove them from the board one layer at a time. The more you do without making a mistake, the higher your streak and the higher your score. This makes it well worth it to give it a shot if you have a short break.

The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.

If you are looking for some hints to get an idea of what the categories might be, you can look at the four hints below to see what our clues are for today:

If you have looked at the categories after that and need another nudge, you can look at all the category names below to get more information.

PECULIAR

ASSIGNMENT

CLASSIC COLLECTION ITEMS

CHAIN ___

PECULIAR

CURIOUS

FUNNY

OFF

WEIRD

I thought there was something FUNNY going on when I saw these words, and it turned out I was right! All of these words have a «Peculiar» connotation in their meanings.

Having ended up in a lot of peculiar situations myself, I was able to guess this category quite quickly. It might also just be the writer in me that wants to come up with as many different words for the same meaning as possible.

ASSIGNMENT

JOB

POSITION

POST

STATION

This category felt fairly straightforward as well, although the next two categories are not so. These are interesting in that all of themcan be considered individual tasks under a larger role with the same word. You can be given a «job» at your JOB, and you can have a POST or POSITION within your current JOB role as well. This makes for some interesting wordplay but does not change the