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Hints for Connections #474
- Yellow: Raised areas of land.
- Green: The importance or value of something.
- Blue: Decisions and moves made while managing a virtual sports team.
- Purple: Add one word before each item to make a film title.
Connections #474 answers
Spoilers: The four groups and their words are listed below.
Area of high ground
BANK, DUNE, HILL, MOUND
Significance
GRAVITY, IMPORT, SUBSTANCE, WEIGHT
Actions in fantasy sports
BENCH, DRAFT, START, TRADE
Sci-fi movies with “The”
ABYSS, FLY, MATRIX, THING
Why the tricky groups fit
The purple set works when “The” comes before every word: The Abyss, The Fly, The Matrix, and The Thing. DUNE and GRAVITY are also film titles, which can make a movie-based grouping seem plausible, but the shared “The” construction singles out the intended four.
IMPORT is the tempting near-fit in the fantasy-sports set: it can suggest bringing or moving something, especially alongside DRAFT and TRADE. But the category is about managing a fantasy team, where BENCH, DRAFT, START, and TRADE are the relevant actions. IMPORT belongs with GRAVITY, SUBSTANCE, and WEIGHT, all words that can express significance or importance.
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A useful way to approach overlapping words
Connections divides sixteen terms into four groups of four, and broad associations can create red herrings. When a set seems almost right, look for a more precise relationship: test whether all four entries fit the same category, check whether adding a word completes familiar phrases or titles, and hold plausible overlaps aside until the stronger pattern becomes clear. The New York Times Connections overview describes the puzzle’s four-group format and red-herring context.
The answer groups above are independently reported by Parade’s September 27, 2024 guide and TechRadar’s guide to game #474; these are publisher answer guides, not an official NYT answer record.
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