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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers.

NYT Connections board for November 9, 2023: COMPOSE, DIVINE, EXERCISE, SEND, FRESH AIR, FORWARD, SERIAL, SKETCH, WTF, PROP, UP FIRST, DIET, BLACK, RADIOLAB, SLEEP, REPLY ALL

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge?

If you listen to podcasts, youll see a lot of familiar words and phrases.

Too many, in fact.

Green category - Circle back.

Blue category - Were listening.

Purple category - Were laughing.

Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?

Just a fill-in-the-blank for purple, and a lot of ambiguous words.

Ready to hear the answers?

Keep scrolling if you want a little more help.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!

Were about to give away some of the answers.

Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled.

(The full solution is a bit farther down.)

What are the ambiguous words in todays Connections?

WTF is an abbreviation for what the fuck, and the name ofMarc Marons interview podcast.

you could COMPOSE a symphony, a poem, or an email.

(Hint, hint.)

you could PROP something up, or you could go on stage and use PROPs in a scene.

you might even carry a wacky object on stage for some PROP comedy.

What are the categories in todays Connections?

I give them all away below.

What are the yellow words in todays Connections?

The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward.

What are the green words in todays Connections?

The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest.

What are the blue words in todays Connections?

The blue grouping is the second-hardest.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?

The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.

I go with COMPOSE, FORWARD, REPLY ALL, and SEND for email commands, and thats correct.

That leaves us listening to WTF, SERIAL, RADIOLAB, and UP FIRST.

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase.

Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common.

Select four items and hit the Submit button.

If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed.

(Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)

If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to give it another spin.

You win when youve correctly identified all four groups.

But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

Expect to see overlapping groups.

So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four containsonlythose four things.

If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to havenoconnection to the others.

Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!