NYT Connections #1213: Financial Firms, Chair Styles and Hidden Words
The Oct. 6 NYT Connections puzzle groups four sets of words, from short names of financial firms to hidden words inside longer terms. Here are the category…
CNET says the Oct. 6 NYT Connections board has two especially easy categories and a purple group built around hidden words. The answers for puzzle #1213 include short names of financial firms, chair styles and words concealed inside longer terms.
Players must sort a grid of 16 words into four groups of four. The catch is that a word may appear to fit more than one theme, making an obvious grouping a risky first move.
CNET’s hints point to the themes without immediately giving away every answer: Fidelity is another example for the yellow group, “rocking” describes the green theme, and the purple set contains hidden words. The blue group is also described as an easy category.
NYT Connections answers and category clues
The yellow category is financial firms, for short. Its four answers are Berkshire, Citi, Goldman and Merrill. CNET identifies this as the puzzle’s most straightforward grouping.
The green category groups chair styles: Adirondack, Eames, Windsor and wingback. The hint was “Rocking would be another type,” pointing toward the furniture theme.
Blue brings together Comfort, Days, Hampton and Holiday. CNET gives these four as another complete set in the Oct. 6 puzzle.
Then comes the purple group, where each longer word contains a shorter word. The answers are catskill, knickknack, pianoforte and stability. The hidden words are “skill,” “knack,” “forte” and “ability,” respectively.
The puzzle’s difficulty comes from seeing the intended connection rather than simply spotting words that share a broad association. CNET notes that editor Wyna Liu selects words that can fit multiple groups, so a plausible-looking set may not be the right one. Checking how each word relates to the others can help avoid locking in an early guess.
How the game handles a completed board
The New York Times offers a Connections Bot for players who want to review their performance after solving. According to CNET, the tool gives a numeric score and analyzes a player’s answers.
Registered users of the Times Games section can also track their progress, including puzzles completed, win rate, perfect scores and win streak. That turns the daily board into more than a one-off word challenge: players can compare their results over time using the site’s own tracking features.
For this board, the financial-firm names offer a relatively direct entry point, while the final grouping depends on noticing shorter words embedded within longer ones. CNET lists four answers in that hidden-word set: catskill, knickknack, pianoforte and stability.
Source: cnet.com
