Thursday, October 17 (Connections #494)

If you are looking for The New York Times Connections hints and answers today for October 17, you have come to the right place. Connections may seem simple on the surface and much easier than what the NYT did with Wordle, but players who have actually checked it out know that is just not the case.

Despite having all of the words available, arranging them in different categories can prove to be quite challenging.

For the uninitiated, Connections is an online word game by NYT that provides the player with 16 different words, which may not seem like they are connected to one another at first glance, but they have more in common than one might think.

The objective is to divide the words into groups of four, with each group focusing on a specific theme. In case you are having a hard time with today’s Connections puzzle, we have prepared some hints to help you out for Thursday, October 17.

Of course, we have also revealed all of the answers for today’s Connections puzzle at the end, so if the hints are not helping either, you can simply just head down to the solutions and save yourself some headache to prepare for tomorrow’s challenge.

These are the 16 words featured in Connections today:

With one hint allocated for each word group, here are some hints that should help you out in solving today’s Connections puzzle:

• Yellow: Words that should remind you of peaceful picnics.
• Green: Things you do when presented with a situation that requires action.
• Blue: Incomplete words that should bring back some cinematic memories.
• Purple: All of these words can be followed by another three-letter word, giving them different meanings in the process.

If the tips above have not helped, these additional Connections hints should make today’s puzzle a whole lot easier:

• Additional Connections Hint 1: Park and Car do not belong in the same group.
• Additional Connections Hint 2: Field does not have any similarities with Yard or Lawn.
• Additional Connections Hint 3: Three of the words in the Blue group throw it back to the 1900s.
• Additional Connections Hint 4: Lemon does not refer to the fruit.

Some Connections puzzles can be quite tough to solve, so if the hints above have not really made things clear, today’s word groups should help simplify them even further:

• Grassy Area
• Deal With
• Movies With “S” Removed
• _ Law

If you have tried your best and still not succeeded, there is not any need to worry, as we have listed down the answers below to make today’s Connections puzzle a breeze to solve:

• Grassy Area: Green, Lawn, Park, Yard
• Deal With: Address, Answer, Field, Handle
• Movies With “S” Removed: Car, Goodfella, Jaw, Swinger
• _ Law: Criminal, Harvard, Lemon, Natural

A Field can easily be in the same group as Green, Lawn, Park, and Yard, but unfortunately, the word is not exactly being used in that context here, making it nearly impossible to realize that it fits with terms like Address and Answer.

Of course, when one sees the words Car and Park in the same table, the initial thought is naturally that they belong together, but who would have guessed that it actually refers to Lightning McQueen’s very first adventure?

Finally, relating the words in the Purple group with one another was definitely the most difficult part about today’s Connections puzzle, as although Criminal and Harvard may clearly refer to legal processes, the Law is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Lemon and Natural.

But that is what makes Connections such a fun game to play, as every day brings a new challenge for dedicated players to complete, so if you were not able to solve today’s puzzle, there is always tomorrow.

And if that gives you trouble as well, rest assured that we will have yet another guide waiting for you. However, if you did achieve success with today’s Connections puzzle, many congratulations!

While waiting and preparing for tomorrow’s puzzle, you can also go on a quick trip down memory lane and check out yesterday’s challenge again.

Which words were the most confusing for you in today’s Connections puzzle? Did you realize that it was actually Lemon Law and not the fruit itself that the challenge was referring to? Let us know in the comments!