Today’s Connections Hints and Answers for October 19, 2024 (Riddle #495)

If you have a bee in your bonnet about today’s Connections Riddle, you might want to get that sorted. To help you do just that, we’ve got everything you need to make it happen, including tips, tricks and the occasional jet. Today’s puzzle was easier in some ways, but a little harder in others, Because of two categories in particular. The categories have a fair amount of overlap and very similar words, so you’ll have to pay attention to get it right.

If you want to try something a little different, you should try NYT’s The strands Riddle. It is Very similar to something like a word searchBut it has a theme that all the words relate to. If you find the wrong word, you will start stacking up hints that can help you find the real words and the Special golden word that the whole puzzle revolves around.

Hints for today’s connections category

October 19 #495

If you want to get the right answers, you will need a nuanced understanding of some words. There are a lot of words that can all belong in one giant category together, so it’s important to understand what differentiates them. In this puzzle, You will want to look carefully at the verbs And decide what makes them different from each other and what might belong somewhere else. You can find four more clues below to help you distinguish between them even more:

• One category is about a group of verbs
• A category is about a group of things that have one of the five senses in common
• One category is about things that can hurt you in a particular way
• One category is about four things that are all big names in a particular media

To get the rest of the puzzle solved, You will need the category names. This is the most important thing to get right because it determines how you win the game.

	Bring about
	Things that often smell
	Things that can sting
	Video game franchise

Today’s connections answers

October 19 #495

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

This was actually the last category that I solved today because I thought that Provok would be with other more violent words. Instead, it is with a Quite a mild group of words that just means to bring about something else. I thought the words GENERATE, INSPIRE and PROMPT probably belonged together, but at the time I only saw three words without provocation and decided it was a trick until the end of the puzzle when only the four words were left.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

Likewise, in this category, I thought incense belonged more with PROVOKE and other words. However, as I looked around for other words, I was proven wrong on this account Found lotion and soap and thought it might be a bath and body work category. The next thing I saw was CANDLE, which changed my mind on exactly what the category was, and I realized that incense had to belong here. There is actually a category full of things that trigger my asthma, but I’ll prevent otherwise for the sake of the puzzle.

Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

This was fun once I realized what was going on. I saw wasps and jellyfish and knew they both had stingers of some kind. Nettle was the next word I added in, and I had to find the last word. At this time, my theory about the other words that insult would have gone with was disproved, so I figured that It had to be a sting in a more metaphorical sense. And it gave me an excuse to think about Finding NemoWhich is always a mostly pleasant time with the little sting of tears.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

This was actually the first category I managed to solve today, probably because of my immersion in the video game world. I immediately saw MADDEN and CIVILIZATION, and even though I only play one of those, I’m well aware that sports games exist. After that I had a whole in the rest of the words, and I Saw HALO and METROID and knew it couldn’t be a coincidence. It would be quite strange if these words were not part of a category together.

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If you want to continue your puzzling adventures, you should try one of the ones in the table below. I personally Had a great time trying Dardle Recently And I found myself solving their free-style puzzles several times in a row as I learned the secrets.