Today’s NYT “Connections” tips and answers for October 31st (#508)

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ForbesToday’s NYT “Connections” tips and answers for October 30th (#507)From Kris Holt

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you enjoy the day in whatever way suits you (as long as everything is okay, of course).

Today NYT Connections Hints and answers for Thursday, October 31st will follow soon.

How to play connections

Connections is a free, popular one New York Times daily pun. You will receive a new puzzle every day at midnight. You can play on that NYT Website or gaming app.

You will be presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four by figuring out the connections between them. The groups can be items you can click on, names of research participants, or words preceded by a body part.

Each puzzle has only one solution and you need to be careful when it comes to words that could fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to perhaps better see the connections between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to understand, blue and green are in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often contains puns.

Select four words that you think go together and click Send. If you guess and are wrong, you lose a life. When you're close to finding the right group, you may see a message saying you're one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which word to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let's make sure that this doesn't happen with the help of some tips, and if you really find it difficult, even with today's ones Connections Answer. Like with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

If you have one NYT You can access this with an All Access or Games subscription Connections Archive. This includes every previous game from Connectionsso you can go back and play any songs you missed.

Aside from the first 60 or so games, you should be able to find my clues for each grid via Google if you need to! Simply click here and enter the date of the game for which you need hints or answers to the search query.

What are today's connection notes?

Scroll slowly! Right after the clues for each of today's Connections Groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words appear in them.

Today's 16 words are…

• BAT
• EGG
• LOVE
• WITCH
• PUMPKIN
• SPIDER
• FLASH
• WORK
• DIABLO
• FLUTTER
• TREASURE
• VIPER
• scavenger
• MUSTANG
• WINK
• TREASURE

And the clues for today's groups are:

• Yellow group – pet names
• Green Group – Mascara can enhance this
• Blue group – round, round, get around, I get around
• Purple Group – You may have to search for a long time to find them

What are today's sorority groups?

Do you need additional help?

Be warned: We're starting to get into this Spoiler territory.

Today's groups are…

• Yellow group – terms of endearment
• Green Group – Things you can do with your eyelids
• Blue group – sports cars
• Purple group – ____ hunting

What are today's connection solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today Connections Answer.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections Answers are…

• Yellow group – terms of tenderness (DARLING, LOVE, PUMPKIN, TREASURE)
• Green Group – Things you can do with your eyelids (BAT, BLINK, FLUTTER, WINK)
• Blue Group – Sports Cars (DIABLO, MUSTANG, SPIDER, VIPER)
• Purple Group – ____ Hunt (EGGS, JOB, Scavenger, Witch)

I'm on the move. That's four straight perfect games and overall wins. This is what happened to me:

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The obvious red herring here is things related to Halloween: bat, witch, pumpkin and spider (and possibly Diablo). But thanks to FLUTTER and BLINK, I was able to avoid the trap by spotting the greens first. I wasn't 100% sure about adding TREASURE to the yellows, but it was the only other thing that made sense.

Not being a car fan at all, I was surprised that I figured out the blues so quickly. This left a scary victory for the purple tones whose connection I discovered.

That's all for today Connections Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog for tips and the walkthrough for Friday's game if you need them.

PS: Since it's Halloween, let's finish off the horror theme with a really scary movie. It doesn't get much scarier than that The Exorcist:

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