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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

Looking for today’s Connections answers?

Spoilers lie ahead for Connections #485.

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Here’s a larger hint:Get Halloween on the mind before reading some music.

NYTimes Connections

Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #485?

Though I did take a strike trying bar.

So, I wasn’t sure where it fit and assumed it was purple.

NYTimes Connections

Which led me to the Purple category and candy apple, candy bar, candy cane and candy corn.

Blue for music was accidental, note, rest and staff.

Learned something but I’m not sure it’ll be top of mind on future sheet music clues.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

Yesterday’s Connections answers

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After that came the yellow category with Ding-Dong, Dodo, Yahoo, and Yo-Yo.

And so the blue category became today’s rote fill with Har-har, Hoot, Whoop, and Yuk.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

The cover of the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws video game

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 console in handheld mode on a blue background

Sebastian De Souza as Garrett and Sofia Carson as Alex in "The Life List" on Netflix

A bald eagle in The Americas

Diego Luna in Andor season 2 trailer

Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World

The Pitt