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NYT Connections Hints October 13, 2024 #490

Get NYT Connections Hints for October 13, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #490, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints October 13, 2024

HAMMER: The hammer believes it's hitting nails, but maybe the nails are teaching it patience.

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Hard surfaces that grow from skin or bone

Hint Two

Animal appendages used for gripping or scratching

Hint Three

Made of keratin

Green Group Hints October 13, 2024

ANVIL: An anvil spends its life being hit, yet it's stronger than the things that strike it.

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Associated with Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote

Hint Two

Classic elements of slapstick comedy props

Hint Three

Road runner cartoon staples

Blue Group Hints October 13, 2024

EGG: The egg isn't waiting to become a chicken; the chicken is just an egg's way of making another egg.

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Related to different styles or types of clothing

Hint Two

Common in workwear and casual fashion

Hint Three

Kinds of pants

Purple Group Hints October 13, 2024

NAIL: The nail thinks it holds things together, but really, it's just afraid of letting go.

Hint One

πŸ‘ˆ

Associated with movement or motion

Hint Two

Can each function as both nouns and verbs

Hint Three

___ roll

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Made of keratin

CLAW
HOOF
HORN
NAIL

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Road runner cartoon staples

ANVIL
BOULDER
COYOTE
TNT

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Kinds of pants

CAPRI
CARGO
HAMMER
STIRRUP

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: ___ roll

CALIFORNIA
DRUM
EGG
HONOR