Are you looking for a clue that will assist you with today’s October 16 Connections puzzle? Connections can sometimes introduce tricky puzzles that get more intricate the more you look at them. If you find yourself in such a situation, we have prepared a collection of tips for you below.
Connections is a word puzzle published daily by the New York Times (NYT), host of the wildly popular Wordle Puzzle. Created daily by puzzle creator Wyna Liu, Connections presents a selection of 16 seemingly disparate words that you have to group into four sets of four words, with each group of four words sharing a common theme.
It’s a uncomplicated premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be fiendishly complex at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known tidbits. If you’re having trouble solving today’s Connection puzzle, this guide will assist you find the answers for Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
Below we present some carefully crafted tips and tricks for today’s Connections, then reveal the four different groups, and finally the Connections themselves answer for those who are tired of wondering how it all fits together.
In this guide:
Connection tips for Wednesday, October 16
Here’s a hint for each word group in today’s Connections puzzle, plus a few other Connections clues to assist you find the answer.
Our connection tips today are:
- Yellow (easiest): In the future.
- Green (basic): As seen in the tournament.
- Blue (medium): It may appear at breakfast time.
- Purple (hardest): Signs you can make with your fingers.
- Bonus tip 1: There is no “how to say goodbye” category.
- Bonus tip 2: “Bye” is used here as a noun, not an exclamation.
If you’re looking for more Connections tips today to assist narrow down your answers, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word from each group:
Yellow (easiest):
NEXT
Green (basic):
ROUND
Blue (medium):
PEBBLE
Purple (hardest):
TWO
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What are today’s Connections words?
Here are 16 connection words for today:
| Room | Pebble | Later | Scissors |
| Round | Regards | Goodbye | Petal |
| Next | Bracket | Soon | Seed |
| Victory | Puff | Two | At last |
What are today’s Connections groups like?
If you need even more guidance to solve today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connection groups – the themes that connect each set of four words in the Connections grid together.
Here are today’s Connections groups:
- At some point in the future
- Parts of the tournament setup
- A piece of breakfast cereal
- What could the outstretched index and middle fingers represent?
Now that you know the reasoning behind the different connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check out the full answer below.
Spoiler alert! The answer to today’s Connections offer is before us!
What are today’s answers on Connections?
Here are the full answers to today’s Connection puzzle on Wednesday, October 16:
- At some point in the future: Eventually, Later, Next, Soon
- Tournament Setup Parts: Bracket, hello, round, seed
- A piece of breakfast cereal: Cheerio, petal, pebble, puff
- What can extended index and middle fingers mean: Peace, scissors, two, victory
You know that moment when you just sit there staring at a list of words and nothing comes through? Yes, that was me today. It didn’t assist that Connections went out of its way to trick people into thinking there was a “ways to say goodbye” category. “Peace”, “Cheerio”, “Later” and “Bye” won me over. Forgive my lack of success on Connections, but I think people should say “Cheerio” more often.
Congratulations if you answered today’s Connections question correctly, with or without the assist of our helpful tips above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a recent Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle.
What is Connections?
Connections is one of the most popular daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owner of Wordle). The goal of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, with each group of four words having a common theme.
For example, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Let’s take another example: “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go” and “Stick” are words that usually appear right before the word “Figure”.
Your job is to guess what themes connect the different words together – but be careful because most of the time red herrings are deliberately placed there to confuse you! To win the game you must find all four connections without making 4 mistakes. On the fourth mistake, the game ends and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in the daily Connection puzzle is also assigned a different color to represent how basic or complex it is to find the Connection. These colors are: yellow (easiest), green (basic), blue (medium), and purple (hardest).
That concludes today’s guide to solving the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you’re looking for assist with Wordle, we’ve prepared a list of previous Wordle answers, as well as a Wordle tip and answer for Wednesday, October 16. You can also check out our list of the best starting words for Wordle or operate our Wordle Solver tool to assist you find the answer with ease!
