Issue #135 Tue 24 Oct
NYT Connections Hints & Answer — October 24, 2023
A grid that balances semantic clusters against structural wordplay. The path forward requires moving past initial associations to find the internal logic of the board.
yellow group 7 hints
Yellow group hints
A field guide left open on a wooden table, with illustrations of how they travel together.
Natural history nomenclature
Synonyms for collective nouns
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters C, H, P, S.
ANIMAL GROUPS
One is COLONY.
COLONY · HERD · PRIDE · SCHOOL
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Green group hints
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
Spatial configuration
Synonyms for physical voids
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters C, N, R.
SMALL OPENING
One is CRANNY.
CRANNY · NICHE · NOOK · RECESS
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Blue group hints
The version of a design that makes it into the museum archive.
Standards of quality
Synonyms for archetypes
Members are 5–10 letters; first letters C, D, M, T.
PARADIGMATIC
One is CLASSIC.
CLASSIC · DEFINITIVE · MODEL · TEXTBOOK
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Violet group hints
A two-syllable rhythm that hits the ear twice with the same sound.
Linguistic morphology
Compound words with rhyming components
Members are 6–8 letters; first letters B, D, R.
RHYMING COMPOUND WORDS
One is BACKPACK.
BACKPACK · BIGWIG · DOWNTOWN · RAGTAG
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Complete Connections answer
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ANIMAL GROUPSCOLONY · HERD · PRIDE · SCHOOL
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SMALL OPENINGCRANNY · NICHE · NOOK · RECESS
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PARADIGMATICCLASSIC · DEFINITIVE · MODEL · TEXTBOOK
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RHYMING COMPOUND WORDSBACKPACK · BIGWIG · DOWNTOWN · RAGTAG
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How hard is NYT Connections on October 24, 2023?
NYT Connections on October 24, 2023 rates 3 out of 4 on our difficulty scale — a tougher-than-average puzzle. As always you sort sixteen words into four colour-coded groups, and our hints tease what links each group without ever naming the words.
What's a spoiler-free hint for NYT Connections on October 24, 2023?
The hint ladder above starts with a one-line vibe for each of the four groups, then adds the connecting idea, then the wording of each category. You climb only as far as you need, and no grouped words are shown until the final reveal.
How many groups are in NYT Connections #135?
Four groups of four, ordered from the gentlest to the trickiest. For the categories and the sixteen words themselves, open the answer section on this page — the hints here keep them hidden.
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