Today's Connections Hints & Answers For August 13, 2024 (Puzzle #428)

Sometimes, the daily ' puzzle can be a bit rough on the brain. However, with a few key hints and a little strategy this all can be minimized and you can find yourself enjoying the puzzle more and more each day. We aren't saying we have a problem, but we are saying it's very easy to get addicted to this one. Which, if anything, is something not so bad to get addicted to.

If you find yourself still running on adrenaline if you finish, check out the puzzle game that is also produced by the NYT. You will find yourself trying to figure out what the signs are and if there are any striking words or not being used right away. If you love figuring out what letter goes in the right places, this is a game for you.

This tricky little five by five crossword isn't always as easy as it looks; here are a couple easy tips and tricks to beat your friends' times!

If you want some hints about these categories before we tell you what they are, you can look at the bullet points below:

If you are still a bit confused like I was, do not worry. My confusion is to your gain, and I have all the category names you could hope for in the table down below:

STATED

NICKNAME

OBVIOUS

___ HOUSE (THAT AREN'T HOUSES)

STATED

SAID

SPOKE

TOLD

VOICED

To have VOICED your concerns usually means that you have SAID, SPOKE, or TOLD someone else who has the power to make a change. It was a little odd for this category to be in the past tense, but it did help differentiate these words from the others.

When you have uncles who constantly make the «past tents» joke, it's not hard to remember some of the meanings behind those jokes. What makes these jokes worse is they are all married with children, making this case of the dad joke even worse than before.

NICKNAME

DESIGNATION

HANDLE

MONIKER

SOBRIQUET

SOBRIQUET was an interesting choice to throw in with all the others, not because it does not share a definition but more sodue to the age of the word. It's possible that my European friends would be a