NYT Connections October 19 2024 Answers
Puzzle #496
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
PROVOKE SOAP NETTLE CANDLE INSULT INCENSE INSPIRE MADDEN JELLYFISH CIVILIZATION PROMPT LOTION HALO GENERATE WASP METROID
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — BRING ABOUT
Green — THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SCENTED
Blue — THINGS THAT MIGHT STING
Purple — VIDEO GAME FRANCHISES
BRING ABOUTGENERATE, INSPIRE, PROMPT, PROVOKE
THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SCENTEDCANDLE, INCENSE, LOTION, SOAP
THINGS THAT MIGHT STINGINSULT, JELLYFISH, NETTLE, WASP
VIDEO GAME FRANCHISESCIVILIZATION, HALO, MADDEN, METROID
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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.