Hints and Answers for New York Times Connections #523 (November 15, 2024)

Connections is back with another doozy of a puzzle. The sixteen words you need to sort are some of the more challenging that the New York Times Games has come up with yet. To win, you’ll need to figure out which words go in which groups.

If you are stuck on this Connections puzzle, you are not alone. Today’s is a very difficult puzzle, even for those who know how to play Connections well. For those struggling, this guide will provide a lot of help, from little hints and spoilers to the whole answer if you want to see it.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #523 for November 15, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Pipe, Phrase, Jug, Passage, Leak, Letter, Waster, Whistle, Nick, Crack, Recorder, Word, Hole, Sands, Sentence, and Puncture.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

In the sections below, you can find a whole bunch of helpful hints for this minimalist puzzle game. By clicking the “Read More” prompts, you will uncover the clue or the spoiler hidden inside the section.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of the categories are about parts of words, letters in words that match, rhyming, or anything similar.

2. Sands and Waste are in the same group.

3. Jug and Pipe go in the same category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Fissure.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Fissure.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Crack, Hole, Leak, Puncture.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:
Pieces of paragraphs, of pages, of books.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Elements of Writing.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty
Connections
is
Elements of Writing.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Letter, Phrase, Sentence, Word.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Other things you can put in the category: Flute, Oboe, Horn.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Instruments You Blow Into.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Instruments You Blow Into.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Jug, Pipe, Recorder, Whistle.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
All these words can be followed up by the same two words to make four common phrases.

Purple Connections Category Answer

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
__ Of Time.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Nick, Passage, Sands, Waste.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #523 for November 15, 2024

The answer to this innovative puzzle game can be found below. Open up the expandable section with the “Read More” button to see all the categories and which words go where.

• Yellow – Fissure
  : Crack, Hole, Leak, Puncture
• Green – Elements of Writing
  : Letter, Phrase, Sentence, Word
• Blue – Instruments You Blow Into
  : Jug, Pipe, Recorder, Whistle
• Purple – __ Of Time
  : Nick, Passage, Sands, Waste

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