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NYT Connections hints today: Meanings for each word for Aug. 29, 2026<\/h1>\n
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Looking for spoiler-free NYT Connections hints<\/a> or just wondering why Connections<\/a> is trending today? We’ve got what you need to understand the clues for today’s puzzle without spoiling any of the answers.<\/p>\n

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While we are focused more on meanings than hints in this story, sometimes learning that many of the words have completely unrelated meanings is a clue in and of itself. Connections frequently includes clues that involve words within words and other visual clues.<\/p>\n

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Alternator meaning<\/h2>\n

An electrical generator.<\/p>\n

Battery meaning<\/h2>\n

A device that produces electricity.<\/p>\n

Engine meaning<\/h2>\n

A machine that changes energy into movement.<\/p>\n

Radiator meaning<\/h2>\n

A device that heats a space.<\/p>\n

Control meaning<\/h2>\n

To have power over something or someone.<\/p>\n

Escape meaning<\/h2>\n

To get away.<\/p>\n

Shift meaning<\/h2>\n

A sudden change.<\/p>\n

Space meaning<\/h2>\n

An open area.<\/p>\n

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Chopped meaning<\/h2>\n

Cut into pieces.<\/p>\n

Greek meaning<\/h2>\n

From Greece.<\/p>\n

House meaning<\/h2>\n

A dwelling.<\/p>\n

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Wedge meaning<\/h2>\n

A dividing force.<\/p>\n

At last meaning<\/h2>\n

Finally.<\/p>\n

Herald meaning<\/h2>\n

To proclaim an event.<\/p>\n

Hydrant meaning<\/h2>\n

A public water pipe.<\/p>\n

Tritone meaning<\/h2>\n

A musical interval made of three tones.<\/p>\n

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