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Spoilers ahead: The hints below reveal the four category themes first; the complete word groups follow. This is the Sunday, October 20, 2024 edition of Connections, puzzle #497.
Connections #497 hints for October 20, 2024
Try these category-level clues before looking at the answers:
- Yellow: A piece or form of newspaper writing.
- Green: A noisy disturbance. One word uses a meaning of “row” beyond a line of things.
- Blue: Equipment for table tennis.
- Purple: Words that sound like coordinating conjunctions.
Connections answers for October 20, 2024
The sixteen words divide into these four groups:
Yellow: Bit of newspaper writing
ARTICLE, COLUMN, FEATURE, STORY
Green: Noisy disturbance
CLATTER, RACKET, ROW, RUCKUS
Blue: Table tennis needs
BALL, NET, PADDLE, TABLE
Purple: Homophones of coordinating conjunctions
BUTT, FORE, OAR, SEW
Why the trickiest groups fit
“Row” means a quarrel or disturbance
In the green group, ROW means a noisy quarrel or disturbance, not a line of objects. That less familiar sense makes it a plausible misdirection word.
The purple group is based on sound
Each purple word sounds like a coordinating conjunction: BUTT like “but,” FORE like “for,” OAR like “or,” and SEW like “so.” The blue group points specifically to table tennis, which helps distinguish its equipment words from other possible associations for terms such as PADDLE.
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