Connections #59 Answers
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #59 for Wednesday, August 9, 2023. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): unspecified quantities
- Green: celestial objects
- Blue: newspapers
- Purple (hardest): fruit homophones
Answers
UNSPECIFIED QUANTITIES
FEW, HANDFUL, SEVERAL, SOME
CELESTIAL OBJECTS
ASTEROID, COMET, MOON, PLANET
NEWSPAPERS
GLOBE, JOURNAL, POST, SUN
FRUIT HOMOPHONES
LYME, MELLON, PAIR, PLUMB
Previous Connections answers
- #58 — arachnids, fish, superheroes, mtv shows
- #57 — movie genres, patterns, synonyms for falsehood, candy pieces
- #56 — classic arcade games, dances, touchscreen gestures, rappers minus numbers
- #55 — classic toys, words with three g’s, shakespeare characters, ___ stick
- #54 — places for worship, cartoon cats, presidential first names, ___ road
- #53 — animal group names, stoned, ap classes, taxonomy ranks
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