Today's Connections Hints & Answers For November 13, 2024 (Puzzle #521)

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If you are struggling to find your way through today's puzzle, it may feel as though it's all you can do to keep treading water. However, that need not be the case as we have plenty of tips and tricks to get you through to the end without drowning or becoming overwhelmed. To that end, we have all the tips and tricks that we can provide to help you reach the end and salvage your streak in today's puzzle.

If you are considering trying out another puzzle, consider the daily puzzle. Also from the NYT, this puzzle offers a similar challenge where players will have six guesses to get a correct word from clues that you make yourself. Every guess you make will get you one step closer to the real word as you get more and more information about what letters are used and which are not. Remember that it is just as important to eliminate some letters as it is to get the right ones.

If you are trying to get the right guesses on this one, you might have a hard time without some kind of hint. There is a tricky one here with a group of words that look like they belong together but don’t, and a few odd words that stick out and feel very distinct. Sometimes those types of words can help as they guide you in the right direction, but other times those words simply make it harder for you to grasp the full intention of the puzzle.

The Password Game can be frustrating as it uses complex mechanics that can be difficult to figure out, even with help.

Once you know the general theme of the categories, the puzzle might become easier. However, to feel fully confident in your guesses, you might need some spoilers like the ones for the category names down below.

THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW

BUILDING ADD-ONS

CONCERNS FOR A DENTIST

WORDS THAT SEEM LONGER WRITTEN THAN SPOKEN

THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW

CANARY

LEMON

MINION

MUSTARD

This one I didn’t suspect at first mainly due to the potential sauce in the category, but it is nice that the category itself is yellow and the words are all yellow. It is not