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NYT ‘Connections’ November 18: Answers and Clues for Game #526

If you are starting your week with a game of Connections, you’re not alone, as it’s The New York Times‘ second-most-popular word game, after Wordle.

Newsweek has compiled some hints and tips, followed by the answers, to help you along and make sure your puzzle goes smoothly.

Each Connections puzzle includes 16 words, which players need to sort into four categories

There are varying levels of difficulty between the categories given each day, The game’s editor, Wyna Liu, has previously said.

“Some categories might be defined by their use of wordplay—palindromes, homophones, adding or dropping letters and words —rather than the literal meanings of the words on the cards. I saw three areas of potential difficulty that could be adjusted: the familiarity of the words, the ambiguity of their categorization and the variety of the wordplay,” Liu said.

When asked what tips she can provide players, she added: “One suggestion that may help save some guesses is if you start selecting cards and notice that there are five or more that belong to that category, try pivoting to a different category before making that first guess.”

How to play Connections

The game separates each group of words into four categories which ultimately have themes linking them in some way.

You select the four words you think belong together and if they are correct, they will disappear from the screen.

There are 16 words in the game in total, so you do this four times to complete the game.

You can play around with the board while you’re figuring everything out, moving the words to try out your connections.

There are also different levels of difficulty going from yellow (the easiest) to green, blue and finally purple.

You will only know a group’s color once its words have been correctly connected.

Up to four mistakes are allowed before you ultimately “lose.”

Newsweek has put together some hints and the answers for Monday’s game, so be careful scrolling down if you want to solve it by yourself.

Connections #526 Clues for Monday, November 18

Yellow: Tools used to get ready for a night out (not makeup).

Green: Services you pay for 12 times a year.

Blue: These four things have a similar pattern.

Purple: Different types of a creature that walks sideways.

Connections #526 Answers for Monday, November 18

Yellow category: Used in hair care

Yellow words: Comb, Dryer, Hairspray and Rollers

Green category: Monthly expenses

Green words: Gas, Internet, Phone and Rent

Blue category: Things with spots

Blue words: Dalmatian, Die, Domino and Ladybug

Purple category: ___ crab

Purple words: Fiddler, Hermit, Horseshoe and Spider

Did you guess the answers correctly? If so, congratulations. If not, commiserations, you’ll be pleased to know there will be another opportunity on Tuesday.

Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone and Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for Tuesday’s game.

file photo woman using her phone
File photo of a woman using her cellphone. Newsweek has compiled hints and tips for Monday’s “Connections.”

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Emma is a tech enthusiast with a passion for everything related to WiFi technology. She holds a degree in computer science and has been actively involved in exploring and writing about the latest trends in wireless connectivity. Whether it's…

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