NYT “Connections” October 31: Hints and Answers for Game #508

It's hard work to maintain one Connections winning streak. So if you need some hints and tips about today's puzzle, Newsweek has your back.

The popular brain teaser was created by The New York Times in June 2023 and has become the newspaper's second most played game Wordleanother word based puzzle.

Connections challenges players to uncover threads that connect a series of words. Instructions on how to play the game can be found below. You can find clues and answers for today's puzzle at the end of the article.

How to play “Connections.”

Connections tasks players with dividing 16 words into four categories based on association. For example, in Wednesday's game, the words “Boom,” “Rise,” “Spike” and “Surge” were linked under the “Upswing” category.

Each of the four categories is marked with a color that also indicates its level of difficulty. Yellow is the easiest category, followed by green, blue and purple. The puzzles are rarely easy and use homophones and puns, among other things, to challenge players.

The familiarity of the words used and how often they appear in modern life are also difficulty factors, although less common words are not only used in the more difficult categories. Another possibility is “element overlap,” where a word can be linked to multiple categories Connections tests players.

If players get stuck, they can press the shuffle button, which shuffles the words where they appear on the screen.

Wyna Liu, crossword editor at The New York Times who was commissioned with the development Connectionstold Newsweek about their recommended tips for playing the game.

“My best advice is to wait as long as possible before guessing,” she said.

“Maybe you see the board and have fully identified the category by seeing five words that could belong in that category,” Liu continued. “Don't try to guess the four words in this category, because even if you know what the fifth element is, you don't know which of the four it might not be,” which would ultimately waste a turn.

“Don't do what I do, which is 'getting rid of anger,'” Liu said.

The answers for today Connections The mysteries are revealed at the end of this article. So scroll carefully if you want to solve them yourself.

“Connections” #508 Notes for Thursday, October 31st

Newsweek has some clues to help you figure out today Connections Categories.

Yellow: How you might relate to a special person.

Green: Remember to express yourself with your eyes.

Blue: These are the names of fast cars.

Purple: Any of these words can be preceded by “hunting.”

“Connections” #508 answers for Thursday, October 31st

Yellow Category: CONDITIONS OF CIVILITY

Yellow words: Darling, love, pumpkin, sweetheart

Green Category: THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR EYELIDS

Green words: Bat, blink, flutter, wink

Blue category: SPORTS CARS

Blue words: Diablo, Mustang, Spider, Viper

Purple Category: ___ HUNTING

Purple words: Egg, job, scavenger, witch

Did you guess the answers correctly? If so, congratulations. If not, there will be another opportunity to solve the puzzle tomorrow.

Connections will be published at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek We'll be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.

In the meantime, you could try another popular game New York Times Game, Wordlefor what Newsweek also offers daily tips.