Today's Connections Hints & Answers For October 20, 2024 (Puzzle #496)

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Solving the daily puzzle can sometimes feel like you are missing something that should be obvious. This is especially true if you find a group of words before the yellow category, which is supposed to be the easiest to find. I always feel like I must be missing something big when that’s the case, because the easiest category should be easier to find than the hardest. Luckily, with a few hints from us you can avoid that frustration and find whatever category you want first.

If you want to try out another daily puzzle game, the NYT puzzle is a very popular option. It is different than in that you will be searching for words as opposed to categories, but the basic concept is quite similar in that you must use logic to deduce what letters should stay and which ones should go. Choosing the right starting word is an important key to getting these puzzles correct the first time.

Getting a little extra hint now and then for makes it a lot easier and helps when you feel frustrated. Today’s puzzle is not as complicated as past ones, but getting the right set of words together might still be difficult. There are a lot of words that look like they belong in a giant category but are actually all in separate ones. With that in mind, here are four clues for you:

The Tiles game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to use various strategies to pair matching visual patterns together to build huge combos.

If those hints were not enough, we still have much more for you to help you solve the puzzle. Next up are the category names, which could be enough for you to solve the puzzle on your own.

BIT OF NEWSPAPER WRITING

NOISY DISTURBANCE

TABLE TENNIS NEEDS

HOMOPHONES OF COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

BIT OF NEWSPAPER WRITING

ARTICLE

COLUMN

FEATURE

STORY

To someone who writes for an online journalism site for a living, this category was fairly easy to spot. However, if you are not as familiar with newspaper writing, some of these may not make as much sense. However, it is the one