Connections #466 was the puzzle for September 19, 2024. If you’re looking for its hints or answers, this guide gives you a chance to solve it first, then reveals all four groups. This is an archived puzzle, not today’s live game.
Connections #466 word bank
Try sorting these 16 tiles before reading the hints or solution:
CHAMPAGNE, SUPER, NOVA, REUNION, BIRTHDAY, NATURE, NICE, COCKTAIL, ANGERS, EXTRA, SURPRISE, MASTERPIECE, HYPER, FRONTLINE, OVER, DINNER
Hints for the September 19 Connections puzzle
- Look for four words that can intensify a word that follows them.
- Some tiles can name kinds of celebrations or gatherings.
- Four tiles are titles of television programs associated with PBS.
- The final set consists of places in France.
Connections #466 categories and answers
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Yellow: Prefixes meaning “very”
EXTRA, HYPER, OVER, SUPER
Each can intensify a following word: for example, extra-large, hyperactive, overconfident, and superhuman.
Green: Kinds of parties
BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER, SURPRISE
Blue: PBS shows
FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, NATURE, NOVA
These are all program titles associated with PBS.
Purple: Places in France
ANGERS, CHAMPAGNE, NICE, REUNION
Angers and Nice are French cities, Champagne is a French region, and Réunion is a French overseas department and region. The puzzle tile is written as REUNION, without an accent.
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BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER, and SURPRISE make the most direct set: each can describe a kind of party. EXTRA, HYPER, OVER, and SUPER share the intensifier pattern, as in extra-large or superhuman. Once those groups are removed, the remaining tiles divide into PBS program titles and French places. Recognizing FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, NATURE, and NOVA depends on knowing the shows; the last set mixes cities, a region, and an overseas department, which makes the geographic connection less uniform than a group of four cities.
The answer guides report Connections as a board of 16 words sorted into four groups of four, with colors progressing from yellow through purple in increasing difficulty. That convention explains the color labels here; it is not presented as a quotation from official NYT rules.
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