New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #398 July…

Connections is a short daily puzzle game from the New York Times Games. It's a game that challenges you to sort sixteen seemingly-random words into four mystery categories. The hardest part is that you only have a couple of mistakes you can make before you lose.

Today's puzzle is even more difficult than the rules of Connections might make it sound; there are some really hard words and categories you will have to contend with in order to win this one.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #398 for July 13, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Listen, Sound, Witch, Titanic, Avatar, Giant, Look, Hustle, Monster, Figure, Castle, Appear, Persona, Seem, Mammoth, and Character.

What is the Definition of Avatar?

Avatar is one of those words that has a whole bunch of meanings. Here are all of them in a list:

Avatar is a series of hit movies from James Cameron.
A long-running American cartoon in an anime style.
In Hinduism, it is an incarnation of a god brought to earth.
A personification of something.
A graphical representation of a person in a video game or in a digital space.
In science, an avatar can also be "a mouse that is implanted with cells or tissue freshly extracted from a human being, as to test drug therapies for an individual patient or to study a disease process," according to Dictionary.com.
A hybrid creature in science fiction, usually part human, that is controlled by a human.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

In the section below contain all manner of hints for this minimalist puzzle game. If you are stuck but don't want the whole puzzle spoiled, you can find help in this section.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

1. None of the groups are themed around movies or TV shows of any kind.

2. None of the groups are about anime or video games either.

3. Castle and Hustle are both in the same category.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this innovative video game: Really, really big.

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Enormous.

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Enormous.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Giant, Mammoth, Monster, Titanic.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer in this mobile puzzle game: Archetype, personification, expression.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Embodiment.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Embodiment.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Avatar, Character, Figure, Persona.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: To imply, to resemble, to suggest.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Come Across As.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Come Across As.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Appear, Look, Seem, Sound.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer: Words with the same silent letter in them.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Silent T.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Silent T.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Castle, Hustle, Listen, Witch.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #398 for July 13, 2024

The full answer to this puzzle game similar to Wordle is located in the expandable section below. Press the Read More button to uncover all four categories and the words belonging in each.

Yellow - Enormous: Giant, Mammoth, Monster, Titanic
Green - Embodiment: Avatar, Character, Figure, Persona
Blue - Come Across As: Appear, Look, Seem, Sound
Purple - Silent T: Castle, Hustle, Listen, Witch