New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #509 November 1, 2024

November 1, 2024

Connections is a word puzzle game that gives you sixteen seemingly unrelated words, and you need to put them into four mystery categories. In order to win, you can’t make more than three mistakes, and you need to figure out all those secret groups before then.

If you are stuck on this difficult puzzle game, you can find all the help you need in the article below. Each section contains helpful things like general hints, category clues, spoilers, and even the full answer to this game.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #509 for November 1, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Drag, Draft, Doodle, Domino, Ball, Butterfly, Curl, Crawl, Puff, Inch, Halo, Bottle, Tap, Placebo, Can, and Creep.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you are looking for some help with this innovative puzzle game, you can find all sorts of tips in the sections below. Open them up by pressing the Read More buttons below the headers of the things you want to see.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of the categories are about similar letters, sounds, starting letters, or parts of words.

2. None of the categories are words for smoking cigars or cigarettes.

3. Ball and Doodle go in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this
free browser game
:
The opposite of to run, to race forward.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Progress Slowly.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Progress Slowly.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Crawl, Creep, Drag, Inch.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
Ordering alcohol at a restaurant, perhaps.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Ways to Order a Beer.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Ways to Order a Beer.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Bottle Can, Draft, Tap.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Cheetos and other cheese snack shapes.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Cheesy Corn Snack Unit.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Cheesy Corn Snack Unit.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Ball, Curl, Doodle, Puff.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this
puzzle game
:
All four of these can be followed up by the same word to make four common phrases. That word starts with an E.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
____ Effect.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
____ Effect.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Butterfly, Domino, Halo, Placebo.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #509 for November 1, 2024

The answer to this New York Times Games puzzle can be found below. Open up the expandable section to see all four categories as well as the words that belong in each one.

Yellow – Progress Slowly
: Crawl, Creep, Drag, Inch
Green – Ways to Order a Beer
: Bottle Can, Draft, Tap
Blue – Cheesy Corn Snack Unit
: Ball, Curl, Doodle, Puff
Purple – ____ Effect
: Butterfly, Domino, Halo, Placebo