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Need answers to the New York Times Connections puzzle? For me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brainteaser program. You are given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are connected in some way. Sometimes they are obvious, but game designer Wyna Liu manages to trick you by using words that can fit into more than one group. Read on for tips and answers for today’s Connection.
There is also news in the world of Connections. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the long-running Wordle. Go there after playing to get numerical scores and have the program analyze your answers. And players registered in the Times Games section can now log out by tracking their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, total score times and their winning streak.
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How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and put them into four related groups. Click on the four words that you think match. Groups are color coded, although you won’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Look at the words carefully and think of related terms. Sometimes the connection is related to part of the name. At one point, four names were grouped together because they each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
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Tips for today’s social media groups
Here are four group ideas for today’s communication puzzle, numbered from the easy, yellow group to the harder (and sometimes confusing) purple group.
Yellow team advice: More, more!
Green team advice: Cover your ears.
Green team advice: Ping-pong supplies.
Purple team advice: What is your profession?
Answers for today’s communication groups
Yellow team: A bit of newspaper writing.
The green team: A noisy disturbance.
The blue team: Table tennis requirements.
The purple team: Homophones of coordinating conjunctions.
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What are the answers for today’s Connections?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Oct. 20, 2024.
Yellow words in Today’s Links
A small topic of newspaper writing. The four answers are article, column, feature and story.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is a noisy distraction. The four answers are clatter, racket, row and ruckus.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is table tennis requirements. The four answers are ball, net, paddle and table.
Purple words in today’s communication
Theme homophones of coordinating conjunctions. The four answers are butt, front, paddle and stitch.
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