NYT Connections October 13: Hints and Answers for Game #490

The New York Times‘ Connections puzzle for October 13, 2024, has been released, and it presents a challenging yet engaging set of word groupings. Here are the hints and answers to help you solve the puzzle.

The game, created by Wyna Liu, involves categorizing 16 words into four distinct groups based on their connections. Each group is color-coded to indicate its level of difficulty: yellow for the easiest, green for easy, blue for medium, and purple for the hardest.

For the yellow group, the hint is that these words are made of the same protein. The answers are: claw, hoof, horn, and nail, all of which are made of keratin.

The green group is linked to common elements found in the Road Runner cartoon. The answers here are: anvil, boulder, coyote, and TNT.

The blue group consists of types of pants. The answers are: capri, cargo, hammer, and stirrup.

The purple group, the most challenging, involves words that come before a type of roll. The answers are: California, drum, egg, and honor.

Players can use these hints to help them solve the puzzle, and if they need more assistance, they can shuffle the words or use the Connections Bot, a new feature that provides a numeric score and analyzes player progress.