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Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 520 for Nov. 12.
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Need the answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brainteaser. You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can fit into more than one group. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.
There’s also news in the Connections world. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one it’s had for some time for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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How to play ConnectionsPlaying is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
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Hints for today’s Connections groupsHere are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Whine.
Green group hint: Veggie tales.
Blue group hint: CPU, GPU.
Purple group hint: Image of fairness.
Answers for today’s Connections groupsYellow group: Complain.
Green group: Vegetable units.
Blue group: Laptop specs.
Purple group: Features of justice personified.
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What are today’s Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Nov. 12, 2024.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is complain. The four answers are bellyache, carp, crab and grumble.
The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is vegetable units. The four answers are clove, floret, spear and stalk.
The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is laptop specs. The four answers are RAM, resolution, speed and storage.
The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is features of justice personified. The four answers are blindfold, robe, scales and sword.
