NYT Connections Hints for August 16, 2026 (#1247)
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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Back to CategoriesLive music events or performances
CONCERT
A formal live music performance before an audience.
GIG
A casual or slang term for a musical performance, often by a band or solo artist.
SET
A continuous block of songs performed by a musician or band during a show.
SHOW
A live performance or entertainment event, often featuring music.
PARTICIPANT
Back to CategoriesA person or thing that takes part in something
ACTOR
A participant or doer in an action; also a performer in a play or film.
AGENT
One who actively participates in causing an action or event.
PARTY
A person or group taking part in an agreement, dispute, or legal matter.
PLAYER
A participant in a game, sport, business, or other activity.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP MODIFIERS
Back to CategoriesPrefixes that modify family-relationship terms
GRAND
One generation removed in ancestry or descendancy, as in grandparent or grandchild.
GREAT
One more generation further removed, as in great-grandparent.
HALF
Sharing only one biological parent, as in half-brother or half-sister.
STEP
A family relationship formed by a parent’s remarriage, not by blood.
DESCRIPTORS FOR OUR HUMAN ANCESTORS
Back to CategoriesLatin or scientific descriptive terms used for hominin species
FROM NEANDER
Neanderthal, literally meaning 'from the Neander Valley,' as in Homo neanderthalensis.
HANDY
Homo habilis ('handy man'), an early human ancestor known for making stone tools.
UPRIGHT
Homo erectus ('upright man'), an ancestor that walked upright.
WISE
Homo sapiens ('wise man'), the species name for modern humans.