Subj : NYT Connections today  hints and answers for Tuesday, October 15
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Date : Tue Oct 15 2024 00:15:04

NYT Connections today  hints and answers for Tuesday, October 15 (game #492)

Date:
Mon, 14 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 
#492) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are DRIVE PENNYWISE SAFETY NICKELODEON 
QUARTERBACK HISTORY DIMENSIONAL HOMEY DEFENSE GUARD JOKER DISCOVERY OXYGEN 
DEMOCRAT CENTER RONALD NYT Connections today (game #492) - hint #1 - group 
hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Yellow: Linebacker is 
another Green: Channel surfing Blue: 'Funny' people Purple: 4th letter 

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 #492) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: FOOTBALL 
POSITIONS GREEN: CABLE CHANNELS BLUE: FICTIONAL CLOWNS PURPLE: WHAT D MIGHT 
STAND FOR 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #492) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #492, are YELLOW: FOOTBALL POSITIONS 
CENTER, GUARD, QUARTERBACK, SAFETY GREEN: CABLE CHANNELS DISCOVERY, HISTORY, 
NICKELODEON, OXYGEN BLUE: FICTIONAL CLOWNS HOMEY, JOKER, PENNYWISE, RONALD 
PURPLE: WHAT D MIGHT STAND FOR DEFENSE, DEMOCRAT, DIMENSIONAL, DRIVE My 
rating: Hard My score: Fail 

My verdict on today's Connections: too American. That's not a criticism as 
such  my days of ranting about the NYT's refusal to make a game that works 
for people worldwide are over. After all, it is a US publication, so I just 
have to accept that there will be days like today where it is just too 
difficult for a Brit like me. 

For instance, talk about FOOTBALL POSITIONS and my mind goes to soccer; I'm 
looking for goalkeeper and winger, not CENTER, GUARD, QUARTERBACK and SAFETY. 
I know enough about the game that I made a couple of attempts at solving it, 
but though I was fairly sure about QUARTERBACK and GUARD I didn't know enough 
to get the other two, adding various combinations that included DEFENSE 
instead. 

Likewise, CABLE CHANNELS cost me a guess, because I have never heard of 
OXYGEN, and with FICTIONAL CLOWNS I was not aware of HOMEY. It was all just 
too far outside of my comfort zone. 

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT 
Connections answers (Monday, 14 October, game #491) YELLOW: RUMMAGE COMB, 
DIG, ROOT, SIFT GREEN: SOUNDS OF THUNDER CLAP, PEAL, ROLL, RUMBLE BLUE: WAYS 
TO WEAR YOUR HAIR UP BRAID, BUN, PONY, TWIST PURPLE: THINGS THAT CAN HAVE 
LEAVES BOOK, SALAD, TABLE, TREE 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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