New York Times Connection Hints and Answers #469 September 22, 2024

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Words from NYT Connections Puzzle #469, September 22, 2024

that between Today's puzzle contains the following words: pastel, full, tan, piece, print, third, neutral, painting, new, alloy, open, neon, lottery, save, grayscale and raffle.

What is the definition of Grayscale?

Grayscale, according to Dictionary.com, is “a scale of achromatic colors with several, usually ten, equal gradations from white to black, used in television and photography.” It is a color scale for everything that has only black, gray, and white.

Hints for the NYT Connections puzzle

In the sections below, you will find all sorts of helpful hints that can help you get closer to the answer in this challenging puzzle game. If you want to see the hints inside a section, press the Read More button below the header and the hints will be displayed.

Some general hints for the whole connection puzzle

1. None of these categories are types of art.

2. None of these categories are about activities or things related to sunlight.

3. Third and Suntan belong to the same group.

Yellow NYT Link Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/simple answers in this mobile puzzle game:
Hues that are generally grouped together.

Yellow Link Category Answers

Yellow/Simple Category
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Color Type

Yellow Link Category Answers and All 4 Words

Yellow/Simple answer
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Color Type

The four words that correspond to this group of puzzles are:
Grayscale, neon, neutral, pastel.

Green NYT Link Category Hints

Here are some hints for the Green/Medium difficulty answers:
Other items that can be included in this category: Exit, Export, Options.

Green Connections Category Answers

Green/Medium Difficulty Category
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File menu options.

Green Connections Category Answers and All 4 Words

Answers for Green/Medium Difficulty
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File menu options.

The four words that correspond to this group of puzzles are:
Create new, open, print, save.

Blue NYT Link Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answers:
“My ticket won!”

Blue Connection Category Answers

Blue/Difficult Category
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A chance to win prizes.

Blue Connection Category Answers and All 4 Words

Blue/Difficult answers
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A chance to win prizes.

The four words that correspond to this group of puzzles are:
Lottery, raffle, billiards, lottery.

Purple NYT Link Category Hints

Purple Link Category Answers

Purple/Difficult difficulty category
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What does “bronze” mean?

Purple Link Category Answers and All 4 Words

Here are the answers for Purple/Tricky difficulty:
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What does “bronze” mean?

The four words that correspond to this group of puzzles are:
Alloy, sculpture, tanning, third.

Response to today's NYT Connections #469, September 22, 2024

The full answer to this minimalist puzzle game is hidden in the section below. When you open it, you will see four categories and the words that go into each category.

• Yellow – Color Type
  : Grayscale, Neon, Neutral, Pastel
• Green – File Menu Options
  : New, Open, Print, Save
• Blue – Chance to win a prize
  : draw, lottery, pool, raffle
• Purple – What does “bronze” mean?
  : alloy, piece, tan, third

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