Looking for today's Connections answer for puzzle #435 on August 19, which is a little easier than yesterday's answer, the Connections companion rated this puzzle 3 out of 5 for difficulty.

We update our Connections clues and hints daily. If the hints are not enough for you, we have also included the solutions to all four puzzles, the category names, and the related words. In addition, for those of you reading this in a different time zone, I have included a reflection on yesterday's puzzle, #434.

There are spoilers for connection #435. Only those who want to know the answer to today's connection should read on.

Alternatively, see our NYT Connections How to Play Guide for tips on how to solve the puzzle without our help.

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. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] Dope, Grump, and Sleep seem obvious now, even if they didn't come up right away, but I don't think I would have put Do (Doc minus the “c”) together on my own. You win this time, Connection Crew.