NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (#500)

Puzzle #500. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (puzzle #500) is: YELLOW — YELLOW ___: CAB, JACKET, JOURNALISM, PAGES. GREEN — GREEN ___: BERET, GOBLIN, SALAD, THUMB. BLUE — BLUE ___: JAY, JEANS, MOON, WHALE. PURPLE — PURPLE ___: HAZE, HEART, PROSE, RAIN.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

JEANS
JACKET
RAIN
HAZE
GOBLIN
JAY
BERET
CAB
MOON
PAGES
HEART
THUMB
PROSE
SALAD
WHALE
JOURNALISM

How hard is Connections #500?

Very hard78/100
  • 4 categories run on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Yellow" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 23, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (puzzle #500) is: YELLOW — YELLOW ___: CAB, JACKET, JOURNALISM, PAGES. GREEN — GREEN ___: BERET, GOBLIN, SALAD, THUMB. BLUE — BLUE ___: JAY, JEANS, MOON, WHALE. PURPLE — PURPLE ___: HAZE, HEART, PROSE, RAIN.

What is the purple group in Connections #500?

The purple (hardest) group is "PURPLE ___": HAZE, HEART, PROSE, RAIN.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "YELLOW ___" — CAB, JACKET, JOURNALISM, PAGES. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #500. 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.