Today's Connections Hints & Answers For August 3, 2024 (Puzzle #418)

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There is nothing quite like the thrill of winning today's puzzle and getting those bragging rights. This is easier when you have a little nudge about what the categories might be. We have all the nudges you might need, having conquered the thrills of this puzzle already. This can save you a bit of time or ensure you at least keep your streak alive even if you can no longer get the perfect score.

While it may be hard to match the rush of, the NYT puzzle can give it a run for its money in terms of challenge. It is one of the hardest puzzles from this newspaper, and you have to construct words without using letters sitting next to each other on the same side of the box. You, therefore, have to do a lot of skipping around, which can be good or bad depending on how your brain works.

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!

These categories have some interesting word choices and a fair amount of nuance to distinguish them. This can make it difficult, but luckily for you, we have some hints about the various categories:

BIT OF EXCITEMENT

TOLERATE

NONSENSE

THINGS TO CLICK

BIT OF EXCITEMENT

HIGH

KICK

RUSH

THRILL

As the yellow category should be, this was the easiest one to figure out in today's puzzle. None of the other words had anything «exciting» to make me think they belong here. The only potential trick lying in wait in this category might be KICK, as it could be seen as a type of show that might be long with HEELS. Luckily, there are not many shoes in today's puzzle, making it a little easier.

TOLERATE

BEAR

STAND

STOMACH

TAKE

When you TOLERATE something, it is often amatter of how much you can TAKE. Boundaries are different for everyone, and everyone can STOMACH slightly more of something than someone else. Inversely, others can BEAR things, and some cannot. This category did not have many tricky words, except perhaps BEAR, which could have been