NYT Connections today hints and answers for Sunday, October 13 (game #490)

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Sat, 12 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 #490) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are CARGO BOULDER CLAW HAMMER ANVIL HORN CALIFORNIA COYOTE EGG STIRRUP DRUM TNT CAPRI HOOF HONOR NAIL NYT Connections today (game #490) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Yellow: Hard body
part Green: Meep meep! Blue: You wear them Purple: blank [What a ball would
do on a slope]

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 #490) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: MADE OF KERATIN GREEN: ROAD RUNNER CARTOON STAPLES BLUE: KINDS OF PANTS PURPLE: ___ ROLL

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #490) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #490, are YELLOW: MADE OF KERATIN CLAW, HOOF, HORN, NAIL GREEN: ROAD RUNNER CARTOON STAPLES ANVIL, BOULDER, COYOTE, TNT BLUE: KINDS OF PANTS CAPRI, CARGO, HAMMER, STIRRUP PURPLE: ___ ROLL CALIFORNIA, DRUM, EGG, HONOR My rating: Moderate My score: 1 mistake

There are days when the NYT's difficulty ratings for Connections make no
sense to me. Purple today is one of the 'blank' varieties, where you have to find the missing word that unites the four answers. These are typically the hardest, and always form (as far as I know) the purple group. But there's no way that today __ ROLL was tougher than the green ROAD RUNNER CARTOON STAPLES or blue KINDS OF PANTS group.

I solved them all, but only thanks to a love of Road Runner that dates back 40-odd years. I doubt everyone will be so lucky. And I would have had no chance of solving the blue group, because I've never heard of HAMMER PANTS or STIRRUP PANTS. Am I out of touch? Quite possibly

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 12 October, game #489) YELLOW: DRAPED ACCESSORIES SCARF, SHAWL, STOLE, WRAP GREEN: TOLERATE BEAR, STAND, SWALLOW, TAKE BLUE: BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA COO, GOBBLE, HONK, HOOT PURPLE: STARTS OF CELL PHONE MAKERS APP, GOO, MOTOR, SAM 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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