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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (#493)

Puzzle #493. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

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The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (puzzle #493) is: YELLOW — AT SOME FUTURE POINT: EVENTUALLY, LATER, NEXT, SOON. GREEN — PARTS OF A TOURNAMENT SETUP: BRACKET, BYE, ROUND, SEED. BLUE — BIT OF BREAKFAST CEREAL: CHEERIO, FLAKE, PEBBLE, PUFF. PURPLE — WHAT THE OUTSTRETCHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAN REPRESENT: PEACE, SCISSORS, TWO, VICTORY.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

PEACE
PEBBLE
LATER
SCISSORS
ROUND
CHEERIO
BYE
FLAKE
NEXT
BRACKET
SOON
SEED
VICTORY
PUFF
TWO
EVENTUALLY

How hard is Connections #493?

Easy40/100
  • • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 16, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (puzzle #493) is: YELLOW — AT SOME FUTURE POINT: EVENTUALLY, LATER, NEXT, SOON. GREEN — PARTS OF A TOURNAMENT SETUP: BRACKET, BYE, ROUND, SEED. BLUE — BIT OF BREAKFAST CEREAL: CHEERIO, FLAKE, PEBBLE, PUFF. PURPLE — WHAT THE OUTSTRETCHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAN REPRESENT: PEACE, SCISSORS, TWO, VICTORY.

What is the purple group in Connections #493?

The purple (hardest) group is "WHAT THE OUTSTRETCHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAN REPRESENT": PEACE, SCISSORS, TWO, VICTORY.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "AT SOME FUTURE POINT" — EVENTUALLY, LATER, NEXT, SOON. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #493. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.