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NYT Connections November 17 2024 Answers

Puzzle #525

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Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

APOLOGY QUOTATION ASSOCIATION CONTRACTION CLINGY UNION POSSESSIVE SLINKY PROPOSAL SNUG PRAYER LEAGUE GUILD DUBBING FOOT SLEEK

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — ALLIANCE
Green — CLOSE-FITTING
Blue — OCCASIONS WHEN ONE MIGHT KNEEL
Purple — WHAT AN APOSTROPHE MIGHT INDICATE
ALLIANCEASSOCIATION, GUILD, LEAGUE, UNION
CLOSE-FITTINGCLINGY, SLEEK, SLINKY, SNUG
OCCASIONS WHEN ONE MIGHT KNEELAPOLOGY, DUBBING, PRAYER, PROPOSAL
WHAT AN APOSTROPHE MIGHT INDICATECONTRACTION, FOOT, POSSESSIVE, QUOTATION
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.