NYT Connections game #517, published for Saturday, November 9, 2024, asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. If you’re revisiting this archived puzzle, use the hints below before opening the full answers.
Hints for Connections on November 9, 2024
Each hint points toward one group without naming its category:
- Yellow: Crooked
- Green: A little bit
- Blue: Math terms
- Purple: First part of words for a place where you do your business
The 16 words on the board
THRONE, SHRED, GNARLY, POWDER, RADICAL, BATH, LICK, POWER, TWISTED, ROOT, REST, BENT, TRACE, WARPED, EXPONENT, OUNCE.
Connections answers for November 9, 2024
Spoilers below: The four categories and their words are:
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- Yellow — CONTORTED: BENT, GNARLY, TWISTED, WARPED
- Green — SMALLEST AMOUNT: LICK, OUNCE, SHRED, TRACE
- Blue — ALGEBRA TERMS: EXPONENT, POWER, RADICAL, ROOT
- Purple — WORDS BEFORE “ROOM” TO MEAN LAVATORY: BATH, POWDER, REST, THRONE
The misleading connection to watch for
REST, POWDER, and BATH can suggest words that follow “foot,” which makes them tempting to group together. In this puzzle, though, they belong with THRONE as words that come before “room” to mean a lavatory. Check a possible trio against the remaining words before locking it in: Connections can include overlaps that look convincing but do not complete a group of four.
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Connections is a daily New York Times word game. You sort the 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared link; it can be played on the NYT website or in the Games app, according to Forbes’ November 8, 2024 explainer.
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