NYT Connections Hints and Answers for October 25, 2024

The New York Times‘ Connections puzzle for October 25, 2024, presents players with 16 words that need to be grouped into four categories. Here are the hints and answers to help you solve the puzzle.

The puzzle, managed by NYT’s associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu, is known for its challenging and sometimes obscure connections. Here are the hints for each category, ranked from easiest to hardest:

Yellow Category: This group is the easiest and involves words related to a small circle or punctuation marks. The hint is to think of a “round little circle” or sentence enders. The answers are: dot, period, point, and tittle.

Green Category: This category is about events where dancing is a central activity. The hint is “you’ll move your body at all of these.” The answers are: ball, formal, hop, and rave.

Blue Category: This group involves words related to iPhone message tapback responses. If you use iMessage, you probably use these. The answers are: exclamation points, heart, question mark, and thumbs up.

Purple Category: This is the most challenging group and involves words connected to the three-letter word “pan.” The hint is that all of these words are connected to another three-letter word that begins with P. The answers are: bad review, camera movement, cookware, and satyr.

In addition to these hints, the NYT now offers a Connections Bot, similar to the one for Wordle, which provides a numeric score and analyzes your answers. Registered players can also track their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, and win streak.