Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 513 for Nov. 5.
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.
Need the answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brainteaser. You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can fit into more than one group. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.
There’s also news in the Connections world. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one it’s had for some time for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.
How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.”
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.
Yellow group hint: Kittens are this
Green group hint: Snails, too
Blue group hint: 2001 animated movie characters
Purple group hint: Abracadabra at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Things that are fuzzy
Green group: Things with shells
Blue group: Figures in Shrek at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513
Purple group: Magic ____
What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is things that are fuzzy. The four answers are caterpillar, fleece, peach and pipe cleaner at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is things with shells. The four answers are clam, egg, nut and turtle at Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 5, #513.
The blue words in today’s Connections
Figures in Shrek are the theme. At Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers, and Help for Nov. 5, #513, the four answers are donkey, dragon, ogre, and princess.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is magic ____. The four answers are carpet, kingdom, marker and mushroom.
