Looking for today's Connections answer for puzzle #421 from August 5, the Connections answer was almost identical to yesterday's toughness, with a difficulty of 26 out of 5 for this puzzle on Connections Companion

We update our Connections clues and hints daily And if the hints aren't enough, you can see all four solutions along with the category title and related words In addition, for those of you reading this in a different time zone, I have included a reflection on yesterday's puzzle 420

There are spoilers for connection 421 Only read this if you want to know the answer to today's connection

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While today's wordle solution guide recommends the best wordle starting words as a strategy, the Connections solution depends on identifying the categories that are connected from the 16 words The difficulty of each category is represented by a color, with yellow being the easiest grouping and purple the most difficult Hints are helpful as the answer is displayed after four wrong guesses

If you need a hint to help you solve the groupings, here are each theme in order of difficulty:

If you read these hints, you should at least find the answer to today's connection If not, please continue reading for larger hints Also, if you only want the answer, scroll down further

There is a bigger clue Today's puzzle is all about communication, whether it's cards, check-ins, or seeing things eye-to-eye

Now, what is the answer to today's game #421 Connection?

Drum roll, please

Today's puzzle was easy compared to yesterday's puzzle I looked through the double-word first, solved the yellow category, and left

Next was blue, which was fairly easy since Capisce has only one meaning; Understand and Get It were close together, so I plugged in See and completed the category

Green was easy because I am old-fashioned and still like to send good old physical cards to friends and family

And I had no idea what the purple category was today, but at that point I only had four clues left to fill in by rote But I appreciate the play on words

Are you reading this late in the day? According to Connections Companion, the difficulty level was 26 out of 5

I first spotted the blue category because I noticed a double letter pattern in each clue

Next was the purple category, which was easy because I grew up in a coastal area Over the years I have heard all kinds of nicknames for the ocean

Next was yellow, which was quickly filled when I started looking for other words that would fit Buddy

Green then became a fill for memorization