Smite And Bookend Meaning In NYT Connections #480 With Hints And Solutions

NYT Connections is a free-to-play game published by The New York Times every midnight. The game is quite interesting for those who are fond of newspaper games.

The NYT Connections consisted of 16 different words and a few of them are tricky.

In today’s puzzle, SMITE and BOOKEND are two different words that confuse most players, which appeared in different groups.

NYT Connections Hints And Solutions For 3 October

There are four different categories of words, each containing four words in NYT connections. The words in a category must share something similar.

While you solve the puzzle, do not focus only on the word’s meaning. The words sometimes refer to movies starring an actor, or share a similarility like in the previous day’s puzzle.

In today’s NYT Connections, the first category is BEVERAGE, which consists of words like JUICE, MILK, PUNCH, and SODA.

The first category contains simple words, making it the easiest category. You can solve this category easily.

Now, moving on to the second category of the day, CARE FOR A PLANT, the words must relate to the theme.

FERTILIZE, POT, PRUNE, and WATER are the words in the green group of today’s NYT Connections.

SMITE And BOOKEND Meaning With Categories In Today’s Connections

With progression, only 8 words remain in two ungrouped categories. The third category consists of one of the tricky words, BOOKEND.

Typically, bookend refers to a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright, forming one of a pair.

In today’s NYT Connections, the words best match SOCKS, EARBUD, and SKI. All these items are sold in pairs, which fits them in the category ITEM SOLD IN PAIRS.

Finally, the last group, BUGS PLUS STARTING LETTER, is sorted automatically, including the tricky word SMITE. The meaning of SMITE is to strike sharply or heavily, but it does not apply here.

SMITE, BLOUSE, PANT, and STICK fall in the last category because the words in this group are names of bugs or insects.

For instance, the purple group includes Blouse, Pant, Smite, and Stick; if you remove the first letter, you get insects.

If you choose to follow a summary of the solution for today’s Connections, you can go through the summary below.

• BEVERAGES(Yellow): JUICE, MILK, PUNCH, SODA
• CARE FOR A PLANT(Green): FERTILIZE, POT, PRUNE, WATER
• ITEM SOLD IN PAIRS(Blue): BOOKEND, EARBUD, SKI, SOCK
• BUGS PLUS STARTING LETTER(Purple): BLOUSE, PANT, SMITE, STICK

The NYT Connections of 3 October seems almost impossible without any hint, but a couple of times, you can get it by making a few mistakes.