Today's Connections Hints & Answers For August 28, 2024 (Puzzle #443)

Sometimes, it can be hard to predict what each category is going for in certain puzzles. There are so many different options and many times words have meanings we don't expect. If you are still unsure about your journey today, we have everything you need to put the clues together and finish the puzzle without delay.

If you are looking for a different type of puzzle with no words, you might want to try the NYT puzzle, which gives you a fun way to spend a little time decompressing by matching tiles in a fun game of Go-Fish. Well, it's not quite like Go-Fish, but you do have to match the tiles in the same way, and if you get it wrong your streak ends and you will not get a higher score. It does have a similar vibe, and it can be quite relaxing.

The Spelling Bee puzzles created as a New York Times game build a streak of correct answers to get you more points, but they can be hard to keep.

Today's puzzle has some interesting categories, so the hints might be crucial to help you figure out what you are doing.

If that still hasn't satisfied your thirst for answers, we have more waiting for you in the various tables below starting with category names.

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD

DESCRIBED AS DRY

BABY ___

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

MONKEY BARS

SLIDE

SWINGS

TEETER-TOTTER

This one was a bit tricky, just because TETHERBALLis often playground equipment and I, in fact, had one on the playground I spent most of my childhood years. That makes it hard to realize it does not belong here, and it took me too many tries to separate it out from the rest of the words.

This is hard since it takes away your wiggle room to get it right, and you should be looking at every word instead of assuming one fits somewhere more than others.

FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORD

PENDULUM

TEA BAG

TETHERBALL

YO-YO

Instead, TETHERBALL actually belongs in this category withall things that hang at the end of a string. Personally, I think PENDULUMs are more often than