Today's Connections Hints & Answers For November 05, 2024 (Puzzle #513)

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If you feel like you are struggling to get to the end of this puzzle, we can help you make it the rest of the way there. Today’s puzzle felt like a mixed bag to me, with some categories feeling much more obvious and some that felt way more obscure than I was expecting. It was an odd thing to work through, but one that I am now equipped to help you get through without the feelings of frustration that I had.

If you like, there are many other word-based puzzles that you can try. However, if you want to go back to basics, you should try out the NYT’s puzzle, which takes me back to the old-school paper crossword without the overwhelming nature of looking at over a hundred clues. It’s a great way to feel the nostalgia and have fun while doing it without it having to take up a significant portion of your day.

If you like me are feeling stumped by some of these categories, there is a fairly good reason why. Some of the categories look like they might be a pop culture reference but aren’t, and some categories are exactly the opposite! This can make things feel much more difficult than they are, and a few hints just might help you reduce that frustration and clear some of the fog away.

Four categories with four words each sounds simple, but the daily challenge of the Connections game can prove difficult without a few tips to help.

If you want to be sure that you are on the right track, you can continue scrolling to look at all the category names in the table below:

THINGS THAT ARE FUZZY

THINGS WITH SHELLS

FIGURES IN «SHREK»

MAGIC ___

THINGS THAT ARE FUZZY

CATERPILLAR

FLEECE

PEACH

PIPE CLEANER

This category proved a little too frustrating for me, even being the “easy” one. I had already nailed two other categories, only to find myself staring at 8 words. I knew the easy category had to be among them, which felt incredibly frustrating. By the end, I knew what the category was but kept guessing the wrong combination of four words. CARPET was the main perpetrator behind