NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, November 12, 2024 (#520)

Puzzle #520. 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 Tuesday, November 12, 2024 (puzzle #520) is: YELLOW — COMPLAIN: BELLYACHE, CARP, CRAB, GRUMBLE. GREEN — VEGETABLE UNITS: CLOVE, FLORET, SPEAR, STALK. BLUE — LAPTOP SPECS: RAM, RESOLUTION, SPEED, STORAGE. PURPLE — FEATURES OF JUSTICE PERSONIFIED: BLINDFOLD, ROBE, SCALES, SWORD.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

RAM
ROBE
CLOVE
CRAB
SWORD
SPEED
SCALES
SPEAR
BELLYACHE
BLINDFOLD
STORAGE
CARP
STALK
GRUMBLE
RESOLUTION
FLORET

How hard is Connections #520?

Easy30/100
  • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

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 Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, November 12, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, November 12, 2024 (puzzle #520) is: YELLOW — COMPLAIN: BELLYACHE, CARP, CRAB, GRUMBLE. GREEN — VEGETABLE UNITS: CLOVE, FLORET, SPEAR, STALK. BLUE — LAPTOP SPECS: RAM, RESOLUTION, SPEED, STORAGE. PURPLE — FEATURES OF JUSTICE PERSONIFIED: BLINDFOLD, ROBE, SCALES, SWORD.

What is the purple group in Connections #520?

The purple (hardest) group is "FEATURES OF JUSTICE PERSONIFIED": BLINDFOLD, ROBE, SCALES, SWORD.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "COMPLAIN" — BELLYACHE, CARP, CRAB, GRUMBLE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #520. 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.