NYT Connections October 16 2024 Answers
Puzzle #493
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
PEACE PEBBLE LATER SCISSORS ROUND CHEERIO BYE FLAKE NEXT BRACKET SOON SEED VICTORY PUFF TWO EVENTUALLY
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — AT SOME FUTURE POINT
Green — PARTS OF A TOURNAMENT SETUP
Blue — BIT OF BREAKFAST CEREAL
Purple — WHAT THE OUTSTRETCHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAN REPRESENT
AT SOME FUTURE POINTEVENTUALLY, LATER, NEXT, SOON
PARTS OF A TOURNAMENT SETUPBRACKET, BYE, ROUND, SEED
BIT OF BREAKFAST CEREALCHEERIO, FLAKE, PEBBLE, PUFF
WHAT THE OUTSTRETCHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAN REPRESENTPEACE, SCISSORS, TWO, VICTORY
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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.