Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 27, #1173

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has another of those memorable purple categories that make players tear their hair out. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Don’t get a shock!

Green group hint: Waaaaah!

Blue group hint: Different versions of one color.

Purple group hint: Four similar words, each with one letter added.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Electric things.

Green group: Moved to tears.

Blue group: Shades of gray.

Purple group: Music genre plus starting letter.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is electric things.

The four answers are electric eel, lightning, live wire and Pikachu.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is moved to tears.

The four answers are...

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