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NYT Connections October 20 2024 Answers

Puzzle #497

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

PADDLE SEW ROW STORY OAR FORE COLUMN RACKET NET BUTT FEATURE BALL CLATTER TABLE RUCKUS ARTICLE

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — BIT OF NEWSPAPER WRITING
Green — NOISY DISTURBANCE
Blue — TABLE TENNIS NEEDS
Purple — HOMOPHONES OF COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
BIT OF NEWSPAPER WRITINGARTICLE, COLUMN, FEATURE, STORY
NOISY DISTURBANCECLATTER, RACKET, ROW, RUCKUS
TABLE TENNIS NEEDSBALL, NET, PADDLE, TABLE
HOMOPHONES OF COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONSBUTT, FORE, OAR, SEW
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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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.