Today's Connections Hints & Answers For November 19, 2024 (Puzzle #527)

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Concentrating on today’s puzzle can be hard if you, like me, have a lot of distractions in your life. However, if you want to be somewhat distraction-free and get some tips to guide your way, you have come to the right place, and you will be able to finish the puzzle quickly. While there are some harder categories today that are easy to misinterpret, you will not get steered wrong if you use these tips and tricks.

If you love today’s puzzle, you should also check out the NYT’s puzzle, which is an exciting puzzle for those who like something a little more fast-paced. You will be clearing layers of tiles off the board and trying to keep a large streak while you do so to get the highest score possible. It will feel like you can’t quite click fast enough on the right tiles, but you will want to use some caution in order to avoid making a mistake.

Unlocking the answers on today’s puzzle will come in the form of making distinctions and recognizing similarities. There was one word that I was not sure what to do with at all, and there were a couple of others that confused me. Figuring out what to do with those words was hard, but I am glad I stuck with it. To help you bypass some of that frustration, here are four clues about the categories:

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 aren’t sure what to do with some of these words, I wasn’t either at this point. However, you get what I didn’t have to help you solve the puzzle — the category names.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

WAYS TO UNLOCK A DEVICE

PASTA SHAPES

DOUBLE ___

AREA OF EXPERTISE

CONCENTRATION

FIELD

FOCUS

SPECIALTY

This category was fairly easy for me to spot and I got it almost right away. That being said, being on my second post-graduate degree, I amvery familiar with all of these terms and how they are used across academia. Particularly as I had a FOCUS in my FIELD that was separate from my