Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It's called Connections , and if you haven't played it before, now's the time to start. In this guide, we'll give you a handy hint selection for today's Connections puzzle on Friday, August 9th, before revealing the group themes and the Connections answers themselves.

We'll also explain how to play Connections if this is your first time coming over from Wordle! Connections words on Friday, August 9 For reference, here are the 16 Connections words for today: Connections hint for August 9 Here's a hint for each of the word groups in today's Connections puzzle, plus a couple more clues to help you find the answer: Yellow (Easiest): Missing. Green (Easy): Types of people that will back an idea, person or thing. Blue (Medium): Types of a certain music genre.

Purple (Hardest): These words all come after a type of surprise. Extra hint 1: Jock and Cheerleader belong to two different groups. Extra hint 2: Mia is an abbreviation, not a name here.

Connections groups for August 9 If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid. Here are the Connections groups for today: Not present Supporter Rock genres Shock ___ Now that you know the themes for the variou.