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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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.
Think about a bright, sunny hue
A color commonly found in nature and artificial items
Things that are yellow
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.
They all represent some form of supplementary part
Each word means to attach or expand onto something existing
Building add-ons
CANARY: Canaries were used in mines to detect danger, but perhaps they were actually testing humans' capacity for empathy.
Related to oral health and hygiene
Things a dental professional deals with
Concerns for a dentist
CAVITY: We blame cavities for holes in our teeth, but cavities might just be nature's way of creating space for growth.
Each has silent or unexpected letter combinations
Words that challenge English speakers' pronunciation rules
Words that seem longer written than spoken
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Hint: Things that are yellow
Hint: Building add-ons
Hint: Concerns for a dentist
Hint: Words that seem longer written than spoken