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NYT Connections #508 was published on October 31, 2024. Its four groups are terms of endearment, things you can do with your eyelids, sports cars, and phrases completed by “hunt.” Use the staged hints below before revealing the answers.
Spoiler warning: The first section offers clues without naming the groups; the full solution follows. This is the October 31, 2024 puzzle, not the different Connections puzzle published on October 31, 2025. TechRadar’s contemporaneous guide identifies it as #508; a Forbes search-result snippet independently corroborates the date and number.
Grid for Connections #508
These are the 16 words in the puzzle:
- BAT
- EGG
- LOVE
- WITCH
- PUMPKIN
- SPIDER
- BLINK
- JOB
- DIABLO
- FLUTTER
- TREASURE
- VIPER
- SCAVENGER
- MUSTANG
- WINK
- DARLING
Hints, from gentle to specific
- Yellow: My sweetheart.
- Green: Or you could add shadow…
- Blue: Fast drives.
- Purple: Blank “look for.”
Answers for October 31, 2024
The grid’s Halloween associations can be distracting: there is no Halloween-themed category. Instead, the words fit four different connections.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Terms of endearment | DARLING, LOVE, PUMPKIN, TREASURE |
| Green | Things you can do with your eyelids | BAT, BLINK, FLUTTER, WINK |
| Blue | Sports cars | DIABLO, MUSTANG, SPIDER, VIPER |
| Purple | ___ HUNT | EGG, JOB, SCAVENGER, WITCH |
How the tricky words fit
PUMPKIN belongs with affectionate names
PUMPKIN may suggest Halloween, but here it is a term of endearment, alongside DARLING, LOVE, and TREASURE.
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BAT is an eyelid action
BAT is a verb meaning to blink or flutter the eyelids; it belongs with BLINK, FLUTTER, and WINK, not with the Halloween words.
The purple group completes “hunt”
EGG hunt, job hunt, scavenger hunt, and witch hunt complete the phrase. TREASURE may seem like a tempting fit for “hunt,” but it is used in the endearment group instead.
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Where to play
TechRadar’s guide says Connections can be played through NYT Games on desktop or mobile. Current account, subscription, and geographic access conditions are not established here. The guide is secondary reporting, not an official statement of NYT rules.
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