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NYT Connections Hints November 5, 2024 #513

Get NYT Connections Hints for November 5, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #513, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints November 5, 2024

MUSHROOM: You think you're having a bad day? Imagine being a mushroom - your job is literally to decompose things and everyone still calls you a fun guy.

Hint One

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Think about craft supplies and natural fibers

Hint Two

Some can be bent and shaped easily

Hint Three

Things that are fuzzy

Green Group Hints November 5, 2024

PIPE CLEANER: Pipe cleaners were invented to clean pipes, but now they're mostly used for crafts. Talk about the most successful career change in history.

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Each contains something valuable inside

Hint Two

Natural containers from different habitats

Hint Three

Things with shells

Blue Group Hints November 5, 2024

MARKER: Markers spend their whole lives making others colorful while slowly dying inside. Deep down, they're the most tragic artists of all.

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Characters you might meet in a magical quest

Hint Two

Some appear in stories with talking animals

Hint Three

Figures in “shrek”

Purple Group Hints November 5, 2024

DRAGON: Dragons are depicted as treasure hoarders, but humans are the ones with storage units full of stuff they never use.

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Items that might appear in a fantasy video game level

Hint Two

Think about elements in a certain plumber's world

Hint Three

Magic ___

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that are fuzzy

CATERPILLAR
FLEECE
PEACH
PIPE CLEANER

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things with shells

CLAM
EGG
NUT
TURTLE

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Figures in “shrek”

DONKEY
DRAGON
OGRE
PRINCESS

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Magic ___

CARPET
KINGDOM
MARKER
MUSHROOM