Get NYT Connections Hints for November 19, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #527, including word connections and hidden categories.
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FOCUS: While humans struggle to focus, a camera does it instantly. Maybe we're the ones who need an auto-focus feature.
When you're good at something, this could be your ___
Areas of deep knowledge and dedication
Area of expertise
RIBBON: A ribbon spends its life making others look beautiful, never getting to wear one itself.
Personal identification methods
Security verification elements
Ways to unlock a device
CONCENTRATION: We concentrate on so many things, except concentrating on concentration itself.
These can all turn or pivot
Parts that join or connect other things
Pasta shapes
SPECIALTY: Everyone wants to be special, but nobody wants to be called 'special'.
Each can be both a noun and a verb
Found in both entertainment and professional contexts
Double ___
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Hint: Area of expertise
Hint: Ways to unlock a device
Hint: Pasta shapes
Hint: Double ___