NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, November 13, 2024 (#521)

Puzzle #521. 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, November 13, 2024 (puzzle #521) is: YELLOW — THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW: CANARY, LEMON, MINION, MUSTARD. GREEN — BUILDING ADD-ONS: ADDITION, ANNEX, EXTENSION, WING. BLUE — CONCERNS FOR A DENTIST: CALCULUS, CAVITY, PLAQUE, TARTAR. PURPLE — WORDS THAT SEEM LONGER WRITTEN THAN SPOKEN: COLONEL, PHARAOH, WEDNESDAY, WORCESTERSHIRE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

MUSTARD
WING
WEDNESDAY
WORCESTERSHIRE
COLONEL
TARTAR
LEMON
MINION
CALCULUS
CANARY
ADDITION
PLAQUE
EXTENSION
PHARAOH
CAVITY
ANNEX

How hard is Connections #521?

Medium42/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

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, November 13, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, November 13, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, November 13, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, November 13, 2024 (puzzle #521) is: YELLOW — THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW: CANARY, LEMON, MINION, MUSTARD. GREEN — BUILDING ADD-ONS: ADDITION, ANNEX, EXTENSION, WING. BLUE — CONCERNS FOR A DENTIST: CALCULUS, CAVITY, PLAQUE, TARTAR. PURPLE — WORDS THAT SEEM LONGER WRITTEN THAN SPOKEN: COLONEL, PHARAOH, WEDNESDAY, WORCESTERSHIRE.

What is the purple group in Connections #521?

The purple (hardest) group is "WORDS THAT SEEM LONGER WRITTEN THAN SPOKEN": COLONEL, PHARAOH, WEDNESDAY, WORCESTERSHIRE.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW" — CANARY, LEMON, MINION, MUSTARD. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #521. 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.