NYT Connections Today – Tips and Answers for Thursday, October 24th (Game #501)

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult. So read on if you need pointers.

What should you do when you're done? Of course, play a few more word games. I also have Daily Wordle Hints and Answers, Strands Hints and Answers, and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too.

SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about NYT Connections today. So don't read any further if you don't want to know the answers.

Your Connections expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Connections today (Game #501) – today's words

NYT Connections notes for game 501 on purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s words from NYT Connections are…

ADIEU
FORTUNE TELLER
SLATE
CRANE
AUDIO
TEMPERATURE
AIRPLANE
PLAY
PROGRAM
NEWS
FAN
PAIN
COOK
SCHEDULE
BELLE
INVOICE

NYT Connections Today (Game #501) – Clue #1 – Group Clues

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

Yellow: series of shows
Green: Look inside
Blue: Fold, don't twist
Purple: What is that?

Do you need further advice?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four thematic answers for today's NYT Connections puzzles are…

NYT Connections Today (Game #501) – Clue #2 – Group Answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: LINEUP
GREEN: NYT OFFERS
BLUE: THINGS MADE BY FOLDING PAPER
PURPLE: FRENCH WORDS

That's right, you can find the answers below. So don't scroll any further if you don't want to see them.

NYT Connections today (Game #501) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 501 on purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #501, are…

YELLOW: LINEUP Invoice, program, schedule, list
GREEN: NYT OFFERS AUDIO, COOKING, GAMES, NEWS
BLUE: THINGS MADE BY FOLDING PAPER PLANE, CRANE, FAN, FORTUNER
PURPLE: FRENCH WORDS ADIEU, BELLE, PAIN, TEMPERATURES

My rating: Moderate
My score: 2 errors

I wonder how many Connections players also play Wordle? I'm guessing the crossover is pretty high – in fact, I'd bet that almost everyone who plays this game also tries to solve this problem every day. And with that in mind, I wonder how many made the mistake I made today and played four Wordle seed words as a group.

It's hardly surprising that people here are upset. ADIEU, CRANE, SLATE, and AUDIO make perfect sense as a group, as they are the two most popular seed words and the two best (according to WordleBot, the NYT's in-game utility tool). But no, that was classic NYT deception. Instead, SLATE chose BILL, PROGRAM, and SCHEDULE to create LINEUP, the simplest group, while AUDIO chose COOKING, GAMES, and NEWS to create NYT OFFERINGS (green). At least it still had something to do with NYT, right?

Without these everything was much easier and I discovered the French word groups ADIEU, BELLE, PAIN and TEMPS to complete the set without having to solve blue. This was THINGS MADE BY FOLDING PAPER, and I honestly don't think I could have done it on my own.

How have you been today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, October 23, Game #500)

YELLOW: YELLOW ___ CAB, JACKET, JOURNALISM, PAGES
GREEN: GREEN ___ Beret, leprechaun, lettuce, thumb
BLUE: BLUE ___ JAY, JEANS, MOON, WHALE
PURPLE: PURPLE ___ Haze, heart, prose, rain

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games from The New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: Green is easy, Yellow is slightly more difficult, Blue is often quite difficult, and Purple is usually very difficult.

On the bright side, you don't technically have to solve the last question as you can answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.

However, it's a bit more complicated than something like Wordle and there are lots of ways to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure answers.

It is free to play on desktop or mobile via the NYT Games website.

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