Today's Connections Hints & Answers For November 15, 2024 (Puzzle #523)

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Solving today’s puzzle can be a challenge if you do not know what to look for. There are some overlapping words that will make things more difficult and a few key distinctions between categories that you will have to understand to figure out what goes where. To help yousolve those conundrums in the shortest amount of time possible, we have everything you need in order to finish up your game without losing your streak.

If you are looking to play another game today, you should check out the NYT's puzzle for a different type of word-based play. This one will ask you to construct words as opposed to categorize them. It is a different kind of challenge and one you should be well prepared for after a lot of time with .

When trying to solve this puzzle, I found there werejust enough overlapping words to make things harder to solve rather than easier. A couple of these words could fit into multiple categories, adding to the chaos rather than making it easier. To help you find your way through the cobwebs that I got stuck in, I have a nice feather duster of clues waiting for you below.

Strands is one of New York Times' many puzzle games that consists of a unique 6x8 word search that requires players to use zig-zag solutions.

If you still need some help moving forward, you can look at the below category names to help youfigure out some of the more minor distinctions between them.

FISSURE

ELEMENTS OF WRITING

INSTRUMENTS YOU BLOW INTO

___ OF TIME

FISSURE

CRACK

HOLE

LEAK

PUNCTURE

This first category was the easiest one to guess in my opinion, but there was still a word that made it a little confusing. This was because of NICK, which can mean the same thing as a lot of the other words in this category. I think the main determining factor here is that a nick does not necessarily go all the way through an object the same way as a HOLE, LEAK, or PUNCTURE. CRACK is not necessarily something that goes all the way through either, but a crack is more definitively a FISSURE than