NYT Connections today hints and answers for Saturday, October 19 (game #496)

Date:
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:02:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those
too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #496) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are PROVOKE SOAP NETTLE CANDLE INSULT INCENSE INSPIRE MADDEN JELLYFISH CIVILIZATION PROMPT LOTION HALO GENERATE WASP
METROID NYT Connections today (game #496) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Yellow: Make it
happen Green: Smells good Blue: Ouch! Purple: Console yourself

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #496) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: BRING ABOUT GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SCENTED BLUE: THINGS THAT MIGHT STING PURPLE: VIDEO GAME FRANCHISES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #496) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #496, are YELLOW: BRING ABOUT GENERATE, INSPIRE, PROMPT, PROVOKE GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SCENTED CANDLE, INCENSE, LOTION, SOAP BLUE: THINGS THAT MIGHT STING INSULT,
JELLYFISH, NETTLE, WASP PURPLE: VIDEO GAME FRANCHISES CIVILIZATION, HALO, MADDEN, METROID My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

I didn't quite manage the reverse rainbow in today's Connections, but that
was only because I could decide which was easiest out of BRING ABOUT (yellow) and THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SCENTED (green). I'm not beating myself up about that, because I'm mainly just pleased that I solved the purple and blue
groups first, which is now what I'm trying to do each time.

Admittedly, that's a lot easier when all four puzzles are relatively simple
as they are today. If you're not a gamer then purple might cause you some trouble but I am, so I knew right away that CIVILIZATION, HALO, MADDEN and METROID went together. Blue was fairly obvious for anyone, with THINGS THAT MIGHT STING bringing in INSULT, JELLYFISH, NETTLE and WASP. All rather straightforward, really.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 18 October, game #495) YELLOW: CLUNKER BUST,
DUD, FLOP, MISS GREEN: OPPORTUNITY CHANCE, SHOT, TIME, TURN BLUE: NON-CASH
WAY TO PAY CARD, CHARGE, CREDIT, PLASTIC PURPLE: AMAZON ___ KINDLE, PRIME, RAINFOREST, RIVER What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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