NYT Connections Today – Tips and Answers for Tuesday, October 29th (Game #506) • stonescape

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult. So read on if you need pointers.

What should you do when you're done? Of course, play a few more word games. I also have Daily Wordle Hints and Answers, Strands Hints and Answers, and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too.

SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about today's NYT Connections. So don't read any further if you don't want to know the answers.

Your Connections expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Connections today (Game #506) – today's words

NYT Connections notes for game 506 on purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s words from NYT Connections are…

JUST
NEW
ROMAN
CITY
BAG
EAR
FRIEND
FELLOW
PARTICIPATE
ORIGINAL
PERFECT
RESIDENT
MINT
COUNTRYMAN
INTERNAL
UNUSED

NYT Connections Today (Game #506) – Clue #1 – Group Clues

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

Yellow: Untouched
Green: Doctor Doctor
Blue: And you?
Purple: Empty [four equal sides]

Do you need further advice?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four thematic answers for today's NYT Connections puzzles are…

NYT Connections Today (Game #506) – Clue #2 – Group Answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: IN WONDERFUL CONDITION
GREEN: MEDICAL ROLES
BLUE: UNIQUE SINGULAR IN A FAMOUS “JULIUS CAESAR” LINE
PURPLE: ___ SQUARE

That's right, you can find the answers below. So don't scroll any further if you don't want to see them.

NYT Connections today (Game #506) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 506 on purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #506, are…

YELLOW: IN WONDERFUL CONDITION MINT CONDITION, NEW, ORIGINAL, UNUSED
GREEN: MEDICAL ROLES PARTICIPANT, FELLOW, INTERNAL, RESIDENT
BLUE: UNIQUE SINGULAR IN A FAMOUS “JULIUS CAESAR” LINE COUNTRYSMAN, EAR, FRIEND, ROMAN
PURPLE: ___ SQUARE PERFECT, BAG, TIMES, CITY

My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect

One thing I love about Connections is the way it forces you to draw on different sources of knowledge. Today, for example, I needed to know about both William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, medical scrolls, and, er, eBay.

Green was the first to fall: ATTENDING, FELLOW, INTERNAL and RESIDENT, all of which stood out as MEDICAL ROLES, possibly because I'm re-watching the excellent comedy House. Then I attacked the yellow group; I could see that MINT, NEW, ORIGINAL and UNUSED were examples of something being in pristine condition, the kind of descriptions you get on auction sites, but PERFECT could potentially fit there too.

At some point I had a guess and got it right. The other two were even more difficult. I focused on COUNTRYMAN because it's not a common word with obvious connections. The presence of ROMAN and FRIEND made me aware of this famous speech and I added EAR to complete the set.

How have you been today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Monday, October 28, Game #505)

YELLOW: AUDIO APPS AUDIBLE, PANDORA, SHAZAM, TIDAL
GREEN: SHOW MEAN, MEAN, LETTER, SUGGEST
BLUE: CHURCH OF ENGLAND WEDDING MONEY VERBS APPRECIATE, HAVE, HOLD, LOVE
PURPLE: MAGIC WORDS ABRACADABRA, PLEASE, PRESTO, THANK YOU

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games from The New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: Green is easy, Yellow is slightly more difficult, Blue is often quite difficult, and Purple is usually very difficult.

On the bright side, you don't technically have to solve the last question as you can answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.

However, it's a bit more complicated than something like Wordle and there are lots of ways to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure answers.

It is free to play on desktop or mobile via the NYT Games website.

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