Today's NYT Connections Hints & Answers (August 1, 2024): Puzzle #417 answers

It is initially difficult to determine the association between the words featured in today's NYT Connections. However, at least two of the four categories are easy to figure out once you give them some thought. While it can be challenging to guess the words for all the categories with only four chances, the hints given below may help you.

This article provides hints for players who want to get to the answers without ruining the fun of solving the puzzles.

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NYT Connections hints for today, August 1, 2024

The first two categories for today's NYT Connections are easy to figure out. Check out the table below for all of them:

All words for NYT Connections today (Image via New York Times)

Categories	Hints
Yellow category	The words in this category are often used to stimulate the launch of a product.
Green category	What fielders do after catching a ball in baseball?
Blue category	The words in this category talk about different types of books.
Purple category	The words in this category is composed of romantic terms.

While you might feel there is a category that consists of words related to romance, especially after reading the first two words, you can be sure that there are none related to it.

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Today's NYT Connections answers for August 1, 2024

Check out the table below for all the answers to NYT Connections today:

All the answers for NYT Connections on August 1, 2024 (Image via New York Times)

Categories	Answers
Yellow category	The category is for words that mean Promote. The words are Hype, Market, Pitch, Sell.
Green category	The words in this category mean Catch. The words are Fling, Hurl, Chuck, Cast.
Blue category	The blue category is Bookstore Sections. The words are Romance, Humor, Fiction, Travel.
Purple category	This category talks about type of Socks. The words are Ankle, Tube, Sweat, Crew.