Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #500 today, released on October 23rd, 2024, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:
- JEANS
- JACKET
- RAIN
- HAZE
- GOBLIN
- JAY
- BERET
- CAB
- MOON
- PAGES
- HEART
- THUMB
- PROSE
- SALAD
- WHALE
- JOURNALISM

Connections 500 Group Hints Today (October 23rd, 2024)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: Every group starts with the color of the group, ie. Yellow, green, blue and purple are the first word.
- Hint 2: JACKET and JOURNALISM are in the same group.
- Hint 3: HEART and PROSE are in the same group.
What are the Connections 500 Answers Today? (10/23/24)
Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle 500 released on 23rd October 2024:
- YELLOW ___ – CAB, JACKET, JOURNALISM, PAGES

- GREEN ___ – BERET, GOBLIN, SALAD, THUMB

- BLUE ___ – JAY, JEANS, MOON, WHALE

- PURPLE ___ – HAZE, HEART, PROSE, RAIN

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