Connections #517 Answers
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #517 for Saturday, November 9, 2024. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): contorted
- Green: smallest amount
- Blue: algebra terms
- Purple (hardest): words before “room” to mean lavatory
Answers
CONTORTED
BENT, GNARLY, TWISTED, WARPED
SMALLEST AMOUNT
LICK, OUNCE, SHRED, TRACE
ALGEBRA TERMS
EXPONENT, POWER, RADICAL, ROOT
WORDS BEFORE “ROOM” TO MEAN LAVATORY
BATH, POWDER, REST, THRONE
Previous Connections answers
- #516 — escapade, kinds of pickles, risqué, cut the ___
- #515 — food-related jumbles, public standing, info on a museum placard, anagrams of famous painters
- #514 — dvr buttons, groundbreaking, communicate through writing, things with feet
- #513 — things that are fuzzy, things with shells, figures in “shrek”, magic ___
- #512 — equip, individuality, furniture, words with apostrophes removed
- #511 — heartwarming, sneaking suspicion, legal session, easy ___
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