Connections is back with another collection of challenging words to put into categories. This puzzle has some pretty weird words in it, and you have to figure out where each of these go.
If you are stuck in this mobile puzzle game, you can find some useful tips below. This article is filled to the brim with general hints, category help, spoilers, and more. Whatever you need to solve it, you can find it here.

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How to play New York Times Connections
There's a new daily word game going viral called Connections from New York Times Games, and some people are going to have to learn how to play.
Words in NYT Connections Puzzle #501 for October 24, 2024
The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Adieu, Fortune Teller, Slate, Crane, Audio, Temps, Airplane, Games, Program, News, Fan, Pain, Cooking, Schedule, Belle, and Invoice.
Hints for the NEW Connections Puzzle
This section is filled to the brim with Connections puzzle tips. Each section contains things like category hints and more for this free mobile puzzle game that is similar Wordle.
Some general tips for the entire Connections puzzle
Yellow NEW Connections Category tip
Yellow connections Category Answer
Yellow connections Category Answers and all four words
Green NYT Connections Category Tips
Green Connections Category Answer
Green connections Category Answers and all four words
Blue NEW Connections Category Tips
Blue Connections Category Answers
Blue connections Category Answers and all four words
Purple NYT Connections Category tip
Purple Connections Category Answers
Purple connections Category Answers and all four words
Answers for today's NYT Connections #501 for October 24, 2024
The full New York Times Games spoiler Connections can be found in the section below. Open it to see the categories and all the words in each. There is also a screenshot of a completed puzzle inside.
Do you want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Connection website, which is accessible on almost any device with a web browser.


- Platform(s)
- Web browser, mobile
- Released
- June 12, 2023
- Developer
- The New York Times Company
- Publisher
- The New York Times Company
- ESRB
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