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NYT Connections Hints November 13, 2024 #521

Get NYT Connections Hints for November 13, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #521, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints November 13, 2024

MUSTARD: You know what's ironic? Mustard is called 'mustard' because it makes you say 'must-hard' to pronounce it correctly. Yet we keep making this condiment's life easy by squeezing it out of bottles.

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Think about a bright, sunny hue

Hint Two

A color commonly found in nature and artificial items

Hint Three

Things that are yellow

Green Group Hints November 13, 2024

COLONEL: A Colonel is someone who commands troops, but has to live with the fact that most people pronounce their title like it's about popcorn chicken.

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They all represent some form of supplementary part

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Each word means to attach or expand onto something existing

Hint Three

Building add-ons

Blue Group Hints November 13, 2024

CANARY: Canaries were used in mines to detect danger, but perhaps they were actually testing humans' capacity for empathy.

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Related to oral health and hygiene

Hint Two

Things a dental professional deals with

Hint Three

Concerns for a dentist

Purple Group Hints November 13, 2024

CAVITY: We blame cavities for holes in our teeth, but cavities might just be nature's way of creating space for growth.

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Each has silent or unexpected letter combinations

Hint Two

Words that challenge English speakers' pronunciation rules

Hint Three

Words that seem longer written than spoken

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that are yellow

CANARY
LEMON
MINION
MUSTARD

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Building add-ons

ADDITION
ANNEX
EXTENSION
WING

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Concerns for a dentist

CALCULUS
CAVITY
PLAQUE
TARTAR

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words that seem longer written than spoken

COLONEL
PHARAOH
WEDNESDAY
WORCESTERSHIRE