Today's Connections Hints & Answers For October 15, 2024 (Puzzle #491)

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If you have a history of struggling with the daily puzzle, you might occasionally need a tip or trick to get you to the end of the game. Some puzzles can have challenging twists, and this one is no less so. We barely got to the end of this one with a victory, and one of the easiest categories has extra words that could be included. This can make it hard to get to the end of the puzzle with guesses to spare.

If you like, there are many other daily puzzle games to add more puzzling fun to your life. One of them is the NYT puzzle, which is one of the cuter options for these games. You will have to create words out of the letters in the puzzle, and you must use the letter in the center honeycomb no matter what. The more words you can come up with, the higher your score will be.

If you want to continue your time in this puzzle, you will want to pay close attention to the little details. This is always true, but it is more important today. While some of these categories are easier to guess than others, there are others that have 5-6 words that could be included. To figure out which words should go in each category, check out the hints listed below:

The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.

Check out thefollowing category names listed below if you still need a nudge to finish solving the puzzle. However, this may not be as helpful for one of the easier categories, as knowing the name will not eliminate the extra words. Continue scrolling for even more spoilers.

FOOTBALL POSITIONS

CABLE CHANNELS

FICTIONAL CLOWNS

WHAT «D» MIGHT STAND FOR

FOOTBALL POSITIONS

CENTER

GUARD

QUARTERBACK

SAFETY

This is one of the more challenging categories today because of the extra word(s) that make it harder to figure out. CENTER, GUARD, QUARTERBACK, SAFETY, and DEFENSE could all easily belong here, and DRIVE could as well if you were thinking about football terms instead of positions