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NYT Connections Hints November 17, 2024 #525

Get NYT Connections Hints for November 17, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #525, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints November 17, 2024

CONTRACTION: We use contractions to save time, but what if time is trying to expand and we're making it angry?

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Professional or social collectives

Hint Two

Formal groups with shared interests

Hint Three

Alliance

Green Group Hints November 17, 2024

UNION: You join a union to protect your rights, but what if the union is just a support group for overworked paperclips?

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Ways fabric or clothing might feel

Hint Two

Characteristics of close-fitting items

Hint Three

Close-fitting

Blue Group Hints November 17, 2024

PROPOSAL: You propose to someone, but what if your ring is actually proposing to their finger?

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Forms of formal communication

Hint Two

Expressing something meaningful to others

Hint Three

Occasions when one might kneel

Purple Group Hints November 17, 2024

GUILD: You think you're in a guild of craftsmen, but what if you're just in a group chat for lonely hammers?

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Grammar-related concepts

Hint Two

Parts of English language mechanics

Hint Three

What an apostrophe might indicate

Get NYT Connections Answers November 17, 2024 #525

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Alliance

ASSOCIATION
GUILD
LEAGUE
UNION

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Close-fitting

CLINGY
SLEEK
SLINKY
SNUG

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Occasions when one might kneel

APOLOGY
DUBBING
PRAYER
PROPOSAL

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: What an apostrophe might indicate

CONTRACTION
FOOT
POSSESSIVE
QUOTATION