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Peachy expressions, winnings, Olympic sports equipment, and bag-themed items form today’s four groups.
Hints guide logical grouping, helping players navigate red herrings and subtle misdirections effectively.
Careful observation, lateral thinking, and pattern recognition are essential for solving problems efficiently.
The Thursday puzzle from the NYT Connections game combines fun word linkages and bright misdirections. The board distinguishes the groups from positive expressions to gains, Olympic sports accessories, and a very broad "bag" topic. Carefully misleading and intermingling notions make the puzzle of the day both enjoyable and challenging to the mind.
NYT Connections is a daily word-based game in which players have to categorize 16 given words into groups of four with a shared theme. Players are allowed to make three wrong guesses before their fourth incorrect attempt terminates the round. The game is a mixture of reason, vocabulary, and cultural knowledge. New solvers can access the puzzle via the NYT Games app or website, while All Access subscribers can explore previous puzzles in the archive.
DOGGY, FINE, PRIZE, SWAG, STONE, KITTY, BALL, DUCKY, BIRDIE, GO, SWELL, PURSE, MIXED, POT, PUCK, DANDY
Yellow Group – Everything’s hunky dory
One-word hint: Peachy
Green Group – Victor’s spoils
One-word hint: Winnings
Blue Group – Like foil, crampon, dinghy, and flag
One-word hint: Sports Equipment
Purple Group – Dirt, flea, and dust would all fit in here
One-word hint: Bag
Yellow: Peachy
Green: Winnings
Blue: Sports Equipment
Purple: Bag
Yellow Group – Peachy
DANDY, DUCKY, FINE, SWELL
Green Group – Winnings
KITTY, POT, PRIZE, PURSE
Blue Group – Pieces of Olympic Sports Equipment
BALL, BIRDIE, PUCK, STONE
Purple Group – _____ Bag
DOGGY, GO, MIXED, SWAG
The NYT puzzle balances intuitive categories with clever red herrings. Yellow words use playful expressions of positivity, while green emphasizes items associated with winnings or rewards. Blue connects to Olympic sports equipment, including PUCK (hockey), STONE (curling), BALL, and BIRDIE (badminton).
Purple depends on the term “bag,” which connects different items that seem not to be related at all to a common idea. The arrangement and slight misdirection challenge both observation and lateral thinking, making the solving experience very gratifying.
The NYT Connections puzzle of October 23 is remarkable for the way it mixes cultural references, wordplay, and common knowledge. This puzzle is a mix of humor, sports, and various categories. This provides the puzzlers with an advantage to carefully observe the words and recognize the patterns.
Today’s puzzle shows how small misdirections can boost the engagement level and, at the same time, prompt readers to carry out deep analysis and apply creative reasoning.
