Although today’s NYT Connections was fairly simple, it won’t hurt if you’ve studied the etymology of words. Join us as we slowly go over all the hints, categories, and ultimately the answers for the NYT Connections for November 19th. So without further ado, let’s get started.
Tip for today’s connection themes
We’ll start today by discussing some subtle themes for the Connections themes. Check them out below and see if you can guess a few.
- Yellow category – Start of something
- Green category – Some things are just respected a lot
- Blue category – Walking has many forms
- Purple category – All this means a day off
Additional tip: How did the word ‘Augustus’ come about I wonder
We wish we could go into more detail in this section, but these tips are the best we can share. They all relate to the categories for today’s puzzle, so think long and hard before scrolling down to see the exact names. However, if you still can’t guess the themes, maybe try this one tricks to fix NYT Connections could work.
Spoiler warning #1: Although this section provided hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only proceed if you are sure.
The names of the contemporary compound categories
If you’re still stuck on the categories, it might be better if we just cover the beans in this section.
- Yellow – GET STARTED
- Vegetable – Venerable
- Blue – WALK
- Purple – _ _ _ DAY HOLIDAY
Spoiler warning #2: We hope you can guess the words now. However, if it still doesn’t work, it’s time to scroll down. The next section contains the answer to today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to scroll back to the top.
Connections Reply by November 19
Still can’t solve the puzzle after all the help above? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections puzzle are:
- GET STARTED – Birth, creation, dawn, beginning
- Venerable – Augustus, great, noble, regal
- WALK – March, step, step, tread
- _ _ _ DAY HOLIDAY – Earth, Groundhog, Labor, May
I am a big space enthusiast. And while the word Start has no connection with it, Birth and Creation do. That got me thinking about a connection between these, and I got the yellow category for connections resolved. The order would dictate that I would go for the green category next, but I am also a chronic walker, so I attached all the words to it. This led to the blue category being solved first.
It was then that my lack of interest in Latin got me thinking about the word Augustus and how it came to be. Remembering that it actually means respect, I looked at some related words. As sure as it was, I got Regal, Noble and Grand and got the Green. With only four words left, I connected them all, got the Purple category, and solved the NYT Connections puzzle for November 19th.
And you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck when you did that? Let us know in the comments below.
