Get NYT Connections Hints for November 12, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #520, including word connections and hidden categories.
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CRAB: Crabs walk sideways through life, yet they never think they're going the wrong way. Maybe we're the ones walking strangely, and they've figured out the right path all along.
These are ways to express dissatisfaction or complaints
Verbal expressions of discontent
Complain
SPEAR: A spear points forward but always moves backward through time. Perhaps it's trying to tell us that progress isn't always about moving in the direction we're facing.
You might find these in your garden or on your plate
Different ways plants grow and divide
Vegetable units
CARP: A carp spends its life swimming in circles, judging humans for walking in straight lines. Who's really going nowhere?
These relate to computer performance and capacity
Key specifications when buying a computer
Laptop specs
STALK: A plant stalk grows upward seeking the sun, while we humans look down at our phones. Maybe plants are more evolved than we think.
Symbols of justice and law
Traditional items associated with Lady Justice
Features of justice personified
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Hint: Complain
Hint: Vegetable units
Hint: Laptop specs
Hint: Features of justice personified