Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Nov. 13, #521
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Need answers to the following questions New York Times Connect Puzzle? big book, Waddell More of a vocabulary test, but connect More like a brainteaser. You are given 16 words and asked to sort them into four groups that are related to each other in some way. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you with words that fit into more than one group. Read on for today’s hookup tips and answers.
There’s news in the Connections world, too. The Times now has a connected robotlike what Wordle has been using for some time. When you’re done playing, go there to receive your numerical score and let the program analyze your answers. And players registered in the Times Game section It’s now possible to trance by tracking their progressincluding the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of perfect scores obtained, and winning streaks.
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How to play connect
It’s easy to play. It’s hard to win. Look at these 16 words and mentally assign them to the four relevant groups. Click on the four words that you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you don’t know what’s going where until you see the answer. The yellow group is the easiest, then the green group, then the blue group, and the purple group is the hardest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection is only with part of the word. Once, the four words were grouped because each began with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
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Today’s Tips for Connecting Groups
Here are four tips for connecting the groups in today’s puzzle, from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group tips: Big bird.
Green group tips: Make your house bigger.
Blue group tips: Toothache?
Purple group tips: Long words.
Answers to Today’s Connect Group
Yellow group: Something yellow.
Green group: Build add-ons.
Blue group: Concerns about the dentist.
Purple group: The written words appear longer than the spoken words.
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What’s the answer to today’s connection?
yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is yellow stuff. The four answers are canary, lemon, minion, and mustard.
Green words in today’s connection
Themes are build add-ons. The four answers are add-on, add-on, extension, and add-on.
blue words in today’s connection
Topics are issues of concern to dentists. The four answers are calculus, cavities, plaque and tartar.
purple words in today’s connection
Topics are words that appear to be written longer than spoken. The four answers are Colonel, Pharaoh, Wednesday, and Worcestershire.