Looking for help to figure out the August 8 edition of the NYT Connections? Here are some clues and hints to refer to while solving the puzzle.

The New York Times’ Connections is a popular word game beloved by fans across the globe. The objective of this daily puzzle is to group 16 random words into sets of four related words each. Players must sort the words according to a hidden common theme, unique to each group. The game offers only four guesses to solve it. Furthermore, players also receive a “one away” note when they are close to picking all four words correctly for a category.

So, here are all the hints and answers for August 8’s Connections puzzle.

Connections hints for August 8

All 16 words in today’s puzzle are: DRAW, DOODLE, CONFER, DEGREE, EVEN, GRANT, DOZE, MARVEL, PASS NOTES, PAC-MAN, PRESENT, SQUARE, VEST, TIE, SPACE, and PAINT.

Here are some hints for each group to give you a little boost:

• Yellow Group: This category features words related to bringing opposing sides to the same level, or to equalize.
• Green Group: The words in this group relate to giving something.
• Blue Group: This group includes light activities one might engage in during a tedious job.
• Purple Group: Finally, the purple category features words that commonly come after “MS.”

What are the Connections answers for today, August 8?

Without further ado, here are the answers for today’s NYT Connections:

Yellow Group: Make Equal, As a Score – DRAW, EVEN, SQUARE, and TIE.

Green Group: Bestow – CONFER, GRANT, PRESENT, and VEST.

Blue Group: Things You Might Do During a Boring Class/Meeting – DOODLE, DOZE, PASS NOTES, and SPACE.

Purple Group: Words After The Letters “MS” – DEGREE, MARVEL, PAC-MAN, and PAINT.

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