November 5, 2024, New York Times Connections Hints and Answers

Connections is back with another word-sort puzzle to boggle your brain. These sixteen words might seem random at first glance, but they all belong inside four mystery categories. And you don’t get a whole lot of guesses to put them in the right locations.

If you already know how to play Connections and are stuck on this puzzle, this article is the perfect companion for your puzzling experience. In it, you can find general hints, category clues, spoilers, and a lot more.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #513 for November 5, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Caterpillar, Clam, Mushroom, Kingdom, Turtle, Peach, Egg, Pipe Cleaner, Princess, Marker, Donkey, Carpet, Nut, Dragon, Fleece, and Ogre.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

If you want some hints that won’t spoil this mobile puzzle game‘s answer, each section below has some helpful things. Find the header that matches the type of hint you want to see, then open it up with the Read More button below it.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of these categories are about Mario characters or similar.

2. While none of the categories are specifically about fairy tale creatures, you are very close to one of the groups.

3. Carpet and Marker go in the same category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Things That Are Fuzzy.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Things That Are Fuzzy.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Caterpillar, Fleece, Peach, and Pipe Cleaner.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
Other things you could put into this category: Oyster, Hermit Crabs, Peanuts.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Things With Shells.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Things With Shells.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Clam, Egg, Nut, and Turtle.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Character types in a specific movie franchise. It’s a group of kids animated movies.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Figures in “Shrek.”

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Figures in “Shrek.”

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Donkey, Dragon, Ogre, and Princess.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
Each of these words can follow up the same word to make four common things. This word begins with an M.

Purple Connections Category Answer

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
Magic ___.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Carpet, Kingdom, Marker, and Mushroom.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #513 for November 5, 2024

Searching for the full answer to this browser-based puzzle game? Open up the expandable section below with the Read More button to see all the categories and what words go into which grouping.

• Yellow – Things That Are Fuzzy
  : Caterpillar, Fleece, Peach, Pipe Cleaner
• Green – Things With Shells
  : Clam, Egg, Nut, Turtle
• Blue – Figures in “Shrek”
  : Donkey, Dragon, Ogre, Princess
• Purple – Magic ___
  : Carpet, Kingdom, Marker, Mushroom

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Connections website available on almost any device with a browser.