NYT Connections response for today, October 6, 2024

If you are looking for the Connections answer for Sunday October 6, 2024, read on – I will give you some hints, tips and strategies and finally the solutions for all four categories. Along the way I explain the meaning of the more difficult words and we learn how everything fits together. Warning, there are spoilers below for October 6th, NYT Connections #483! Read on if you want some hints (and then the answer) about today's Connections game.

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Below I give you some indirect clues to today's Connections answers. And further down the page I will reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and pick up exactly the clues you need!

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Hints about the topics in today's connection puzzle

Here are some spoiler-free notes for the groupings in today's Connections:

• Yellow Category – What you might do after admitting defeat.

• Green Category – Verbs for your furry friend.

• Blue Category – Digital Navigation Options.

• Purple Category – A supplement containing a dairy product that comes in many forms and styles.

WARNING: Spoilers for today's Connections puzzle follow!

We are about to reveal some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you don't want the whole thing to be ruined. (The complete solution can be found a little further down.)

A note on the tricky parts

COTTAGE, HOME, RETREAT and SHED do not go together, although they are all words that could refer to accommodation. (Two of them are verbs.)

KNEAD has nothing to do with baking, but it certainly looks like it.

What categories are there in today's Connections?

• Yellow: TURN BACK

• Green: THINGS CATS DO

• Blue: PAGES ON A WEBSITE

• Purple: ___ CHEESE

DOUBLE WARNING: THE SOLUTION IS BELOW

Are you ready to learn the answers to today's connection puzzle? I reveal them all below.

What are the yellow words in today's Connections?

The yellow grouping is considered the simplest. The theme of today's yellow group is TURN TAIL and the words are: FLEE, LEAVE, WITHDRAW, WITHDRAW.

What are the green words in today's Connections?

The green grouping is said to be the second easiest. The theme for today's green category is “THINGS CATS DO” and the words are: KNEAD, PURR, SCRATCH, SHED.

What are the blue words in today's Connections?

The blue grouping is the second hardest. The theme of today's blue category is PAGES ON A WEBSITE and the words are: ABOUT, CONTACT, HOME, LOGIN.

What are the purple words in today's Connections?

The purple grouping is considered the most difficult. The theme of today's purple category is ___ CHEESE and the words are: COTTAGE, CREAM, GOAT, STRING.

How I solved today's connections

It looks like RETREAT, LEAVE, FLEE and WITHDRAW go together. I thought RETREAT might fit COTTAGE (like a summer RETREAT), but this seems to fit better. 🟨

Oh, and COTTAGE doesn't match HOME either – HOME matches LOGIN, CONTACT and ABOUT, because those are all navigation options in the top navigation bar of a website. 🟦

It looks like kneading, purring, shedding and scratching go together, just like a cat would. 🟩

That leaves CREAM, GOAT, COTTAGE and STRING, all cheeses. 🟪 Not bad today!

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How to play Connections

I have a full one Instructions for playing Connectionsbut here's a refresher on the rules:

First, find the Connections game on either the New York Times website or the Games app (formerly the Crossword app). You will see a game board with 16 tiles, each with a word or phrase. Your task is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Often these are all the same type of things (e.g. “RAIN”, “GROUP”, “HAIL” and “SNOW” are all types of wet weather), but sometimes there is a play on words (e.g. E.g. “BUCKET”, “GUEST”, “TOP TEN” and “WISH” are all types of rainy weather). from Lists: bucket list, guest list, etc.).

Select four items and click the Send button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be displayed. (Yellow is the easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess was wrong, you have the opportunity to try again.

You win if you correctly identified all four groups. However, if you make four mistakes before finishing, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

This is how you gain contacts

The most important thing you need to know about attracting connections is that groupings are tricky. Expect overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle appeared to include six breakfast foods: BACON, EGG, PANCAKE, OMELET, WAFFLE, and cereal. But BACON was part of a group of painters along with CLOSE, MUNCH and WHISTLER, and EGG was part of a group of things that come in by the dozen (along with JUROR, ROSE and MONTH). So don't click submit until you confirm your group of four exists only these four things.

If you get stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to work NO connection to the others. If all that comes to mind when you see WHISTLER is the painting nicknamed “Whistler’s Mother,” you might be on the right track. Once I solved that, I googled whether there was a painter named Close, because Close didn't fit any of the obvious themes either.

Of course, another way to win when you're stuck is to read a few helpful tips – which is why we pass along these hints every day. Check back tomorrow to read the next puzzle!