NYT Connections Hints and Answers for November 13, 2024

The New York Times‘ Connections puzzle for Wednesday, November 13, 2024, presents a challenging yet engaging set of word groups that players must decipher. Here are the hints and answers to help you solve today’s puzzle.

The puzzle, crafted by Wyna Liu, involves grouping 16 seemingly disparate words into four sets of four, each with a common theme. Here are the hints for each category, ranked from easiest to hardest:

Yellow Category (Easiest): This category involves items that share a particular color. The hint suggests thinking about things that are yellow. The answers are: Canary, Lemon, Minion, and Mustard[2][3].

Green Category (Easy): This category relates to projects or additions you might make to a house. The answers are: Addition, Annex, Extension, and Wing[2][3].

Blue Category (Medium): This category is about concerns or issues that would prompt a visit to a dentist. The answers are: Calculus, Cavity, Plaque, and Tartar. Note that ‘calculus’ here refers to dental calculus, not the mathematical concept[2][3].

Purple Category (Hardest): This category involves words that seem longer when written than when spoken. The answers are: Colonel, Pharaoh, Wednesday, and Worcestershire[2][3].

In addition to these hints, players can also use the new NYT Connections Bot to analyze their performance and track their progress, including the number of puzzles completed and their win streak.