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This archive guide covers NYT Connections game #531, dated Saturday, November 23, 2024. Try the progressive hints first; category names and the complete groups of four follow below the spoiler warning.
Progressive hints for game #531
These clues move from a light nudge toward the connection for each group.
- Yellow: “here’s what happened”
- Green: “seen on bark”
- Blue: “like a marshmallow or makeshift shelter”
- Purple: “linked by a primary and a binary”
Category names
- Yellow: telling of events
- Green: secreted by trees
- Blue: things on sticks
- Purple: black or red
Spoiler warning: full answers
The four groups below give away the complete solution. The board’s 16 words were BALL-IN-CUP, BALANCE SHEET, LATEX, LOLLIPOP, ACCOUNT, CHECKERS, COTTON SWAB, LICORICE, GUM, CORN DOG, STORY, SAP, CHRONICLE, RESIN, ROULETTE, and DESCRIPTION.
| Color | Category | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Telling of events | ACCOUNT, CHRONICLE, DESCRIPTION, STORY |
| Green | Secreted by trees | GUM, LATEX, RESIN, SAP |
| Blue | Things on sticks | BALL-IN-CUP, CORN DOG, COTTON SWAB, LOLLIPOP |
| Purple | Black or red | BALANCE SHEET, CHECKERS, LICORICE, ROULETTE |
How Connections works
Connections is a free daily word game available on the New York Times website and Games app. Players sort 16 words into four groups of four by identifying a shared connection. Forbes’ guide says an incorrect guess costs a life and four mistakes end the game. It describes yellow as usually the easiest group and purple as usually the hardest, often involving wordplay; that is a general tendency, not a fixed rule for every puzzle.
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Replay this archived puzzle
Forbes’ November 22, 2024 guide says an NYT All Access or Games subscription provides access to the Connections archive, where earlier puzzles can be replayed. Access and subscription terms may vary; the guide does not establish current prices or availability in every region.
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The date, game number, hints, categories, board, and answer groups here are based on Kris Holt’s matching Forbes guide, published November 22, 2024, ahead of the puzzle date: Forbes’ guide to Connections game #531. An official NYT answer page was not independently verified.
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