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Connections Answers #497

Sunday, October 20, 2024 — all four groups and the purple breakdown.

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Puzzle#497
EditorWyna Liu
Difficulty7/10
Trap groupPurple

The Four Groups

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Connections answer · #497

  • Yellow · BIT OF NEWSPAPER WRITING

    STORYCOLUMNFEATUREARTICLE

  • Green · NOISY DISTURBANCE

    ROWRACKETCLATTERRUCKUS

  • Blue · TABLE TENNIS NEEDS

    PADDLENETBALLTABLE

  • Purple · HOMOPHONES OF COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    SEWOARFOREBUTT

The Purple Group

Homophone · HOMOPHONES OF COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

SEW · OAR · FORE · BUTT

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What were the Connections answers for #497?
Connections #497 (Sunday, October 20, 2024) had four groups from yellow to purple — all shown above.
How hard was this Connections?
We rated it 7/10 (Hard). The purple group used homophone, which is where most solvers slip.