HIGHLIGHTS
- Cheerio is a word used to express good wishes on goodbye, but in today’s NYT Connections, it has a different meaning and falls under the category “bit of breakfast cereal.”
- Puff, Flake, and Pebble are other words that fit with the Cheerio in today’s Connection game, completing the Blue group.
- “What the outstretched index and middle fingers can represent” is the purple group you find tricky in today’s NYT Connections. It includes words like “Peace,” “Scissors,” “Two,” and “Victory.”
If you are enthusiastic about puzzles, you will find various New York Times Publication games, including Strands, Crosswords, and Connections.
Each of these games has a unique way of attracting players. If you have played the NYT Connections, you might have noticed the unique placement of words in different groups.
Among the 16 words Connection offers, each has a different meaning, confusing players to group out. Cheerio, Puff, and Bracket are tricky words in today’s game.
Solution For Today’s NYT Connections
Analyzing today’s NYT Connections, you might have noticed that each word has different meanings, making it hard to group them.
However, if you closely observe the words, you might guess the first group, as it somehow aligns with the future, time, or period. This was my thought for the first.
I believed in my instinct and grouped out the words “Eventually,” “Later,” “Next,” and “Soon.” And yeah! I was right. It came under the yellow group with the title “at some future point.“
Now that more than 14 words remained, I was quite excited without groups; my excitement stopped when I made two mistakes in a row.
So, with only 2 attempts remaining, I asked for my friends, who finished the game early in the morning.
Finally, after some help from my friends, I was able to complete the second group, “parts of a tournament setup,” with words like Bracket, Bye, Round, and Seed.
Cheerio Meaning For October 16 NYT Connections
Moving on with the puzzle, I thought to continue the game on my own, and then I started to search for the meaning of each word.
Starting with Cheerio, which basically means a word used as an expression of good wishes on parting: goodbye.
However, while closely analyzing other words, I could not find similar words that align with Cheerio.
And then I start to search for other words, with Puff, which means a short, explosive burst of breath or wind.
After one more mistake, I finally got the third group, “bit of breakfast cereal,” with words like Cheerio, Flake, Pebble, and Puff.
Finally, with help from a friend and three mistakes, I was finally able to solve the October 16 NYT Connections with the last group, “What the outstretched index and middle fingers can represent,” collecting words like “Peace,” “Scissors,” “Two,” and “Victory.”
