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Solving today’sConnectionspuzzle can be a challenge if you do not know what to look for. There are some overlapping words that will make things more difficult and a few key distinctions between categories that you will have to understand to figure out what goes where. To help yousolve those conundrums in the shortest amount of time possible, we have everything you need in order to finish up yourConnectionsgame without losing your streak.
If you are looking to play another game today, you should check out theNYT’sSpelling Beepuzzlefor a different type of word-based play. This one willask you to construct words as opposed to categorize them. It is a different kind of challenge and one you should be well prepared for after a lot of time withConnections.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
NOVEMBER 15 #523
When trying to solve this puzzle, I found there werejust enough overlapping words to make things harder to solverather than easier. A couple of these words could fit into multiple categories, adding to the chaos rather than making it easier. To help you find your way through the cobwebs that I got stuck in, I have a nice feather duster of clues waiting for you below.
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If you still need some help moving forward, you may look at the below category names to help youfigure out some of the more minor distinctionsbetween them.
LEAK
PUNCTURE
This first category was the easiest one to guess in my opinion, but there was still a word that made it a little confusing. This was because of NICK, which can mean the same thing as a lot of the other words in this category. I think the main determining factor here is that anick does not necessarily go all the way through an objectthe same way as a HOLE, LEAK, or PUNCTURE. CRACK is not necessarily something that goes all the way through either, but a crack is more definitively a FISSURE than a nick is.
SENTENCE
WORD
This category was also fairly simple but that could all depend on the order you guess words in. PASSAGE is a strong choice that could fit here easily and there’s really no reason it shouldn’t go here. In fact, a case could be made for passage to go into every category, but choosing the right one becomes a lot harder. It is the largest “unit” of writing here, but it is a crucial piece despite that. Luckily, Idecided to try the smallest units firstand managed to get it right.
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RECORDER
WHISTLE
This one was a bit more confusing for me as I figured it out. At first, I thought it might just be any kind of instrument, butit is a little more specific than that. I had it narrowed to PIPE, RECORDER, and WHISTLE, but I thought a case could be made for SANDS, and PASSAGE is again a piece of music. Or, alternatively, something the wind could blow through, which I thought might also be a contender for the category theme. In the end, it was JUG, which is a more improvised instrument than some of these others.
SANDS
WASTE
With both NICK and PASSAGE possibly belonging everywhere else, this one was a little harder to narrow down before the last category. It was hard to figure out, and I am glad that I got to the end of the puzzle, but disappointed in how many turns it took me to get there. With fewer guesses wasted on NICK, it would have been a very different story. At leastwe got there just in the nick of time, or perhaps before we wasted all of it.
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