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NYT Connections Hints October 10, 2024 #487

Get NYT Connections Hints for October 10, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #487, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints October 10, 2024

HIP: Everyone thinks being hip is cool, but have you noticed how hip replacements are mostly for the elderly?

Hint One

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You have multiple of these in your body

Hint Two

Body parts that help you function

Hint Three

Body parts

Green Group Hints October 10, 2024

FLY: Flies spend their whole lives looking for food, while humans spend their lives swatting flies - who's really bothering whom?

Hint One

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Each can be positive or negative depending on context

Hint Two

Modern informal expressions

Hint Three

Cool, in ’80s slang

Blue Group Hints October 10, 2024

LEG: Legs carry us forward, but they're also really good at running away from our problems.

Hint One

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Common words with multiple meanings

Hint Two

Could refer to past, present or physical things

Hint Three

Movies

Purple Group Hints October 10, 2024

HER: She thinks she's following her dreams, but maybe her dreams are following her.

Hint One

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Common words that rhyme with other everyday terms

Hint Two

Basic actions or things in daily life

Hint Three

Words in “do-re-mi”

Get NYT Connections Answers October 10, 2024 #487

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Body parts

ARM
EYE
HIP
LEG

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Cool, in ’80s slang

BAD
FLY
ILL
RAD

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Movies

BIG
ELF
HER
SAW

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words in “do-re-mi”

DOE
FAR
SEW
TEA