#531 The New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for November 23, 2024

Connections Here's to challenge your brain with a new collection of hard-to-sort words. The words in this puzzle are especially challenging, and you need to put them in the right places before you run out of mistakes you can make.

If you already know how to play ConnectionsBut if you're stuck with it, you're not alone. This puzzle is difficult, and you can find a bunch of help in the article below. There's everything from helpful tips to spoilers and more.

Words in NYT Connect Puzzle #531 for November 23, 2024

The Connections The puzzle for today contains the words: ball-in-cup, balance sheet, latex, lollipop, account, checkers, cotton swab, licorice, gum, corn dog, story, sap, chronicle, resin, roulette, and Description.

Clues for the NYT Connect puzzle

If a hint or two will help for the New York Times games Connections For today, you can find some below. Open each of the expandable sections here with the Read More button below to see what's inside.

Some general hints for the whole connection puzzle

1. None of these categories are about letters in words, number of words, parts of words, or anything like that.

2. None of the categories are about candies.

3. Corn dogs and cotton swabs are in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for the yellow/straight answer for this puzzle game:
An explanation of the timeline of what happened.

Yellow connect square answer

Category for yellow/straight
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Narrator of events.

Yellow connect square answer and all four words

Answer to yellow/straight
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Narrator of events.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
account, history, description, story.

Green NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for green/medium difficulty answers:
Similar to maple syrup (but different types of trees).

Green connect square answer

Category for green/medium difficulty
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Concealed by trees.

Green connect square answers and all four words

Answers of green/medium difficulty
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Concealed by trees.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Gum, latex, resin, sap.

Blue NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for blue/hard answers:
Other things you can put in this category: Popsicles, roasted marshmallows, teaser cat toys.

Blue connection square answer

Category for Blue/Hard
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Cheese on sticks.

Blue connect square answers and all four words

Answer to blue/difficult
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Cheese on sticks.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Ball-in-cups, corn dogs, cotton swabs, lollipops.

Purple NYT Connections category signals

Here are some hints for purple/hard answers in this relaxing puzzle game:
These four things are always the same two colors.

Purple connect square answer

In the category for purple/hard difficulty
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Black or red.

Connect the purple square answer and all four words

Answers to purple/hard difficulty
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Black or red.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Balance sheet, checkers, licorice, roulette.

Answers to Today's NYT Connections #531 for November 23, 2024

If you are still stuck and want to see the complete answer to this puzzle, see below. There is a spoiler for this expandable section Connections No. 531; You will see all categories and words in this innovative puzzle game.

• Yellow – telling of events
  : account, chronicle, account, story
• Green – hidden by trees
  : gum, latex, resin, sap
• Blue – Cheese on sticks
  : Ball-in-cup, corn dog, cotton swab, lollipop
• Purple – black or red
  : Balance sheet, checkers, licorice, roulette

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