Today's Connections Hints & Answers For September 4, 2024 (Puzzle #450)

Planning to absolutely crush today's puzzle but having a hard time solving it? Don't worry, as we have all the hints, tricks, and tips you need to keep your head as you finish the puzzle. While today's categories may not be the most difficult, there is some interesting word usage to make you second guess yourself.

If you love a challenge, try out the NYT puzzle that changes daily just like. To me, it is one of the harder puzzles, and can test my limits as I attempt to solve it. Trying to figure out the best order to use all the letters around the box while being unable to use letters on the same sides is a complex challenge that I greatly enjoy when I want to test myself.

Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.

If you want a few hints for today's puzzle and particularly the categories involved, you are in the right place. Here are four hints that correspond to all four categories:

If that is not enough, there are other options that we have provided below. The first is the actual category names, and the second is the full answers with some commentary on them.

VERY SMALL MOUNT

PUPPY PURCHASES

HELP PUT ON A PARTY

SYMBOLS ON A KEYBOARD

VERY SMALL AMOUNT

HINT

SHRED

TOUCH

TRACE

If you want a very small amount of something, it is but a HINT of peppermint, a SHRED of parmesan, a TOUCH of salt, a TRACE of poison — maybe not that one though. These are all cooking-related metaphors, but that's what happens when you play on an empty stomach.

It is also apt as the family cookbook often uses these words to describe recipes, which makes it difficult to judge how much of it you should use.

PUPPY PURCHASES

BED

BOWL

COLLAR

CRATE

If you are getting a pet for the first time, these are the items you will likely be purchasing. A warm, cozy BED, and big BOWL for crunchies, a COLLAR so no one steals your baby, and a CRATE to keep them comfortable while you are