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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HAMMER: The hammer believes it's hitting nails, but maybe the nails are teaching it patience.
Hard surfaces that grow from skin or bone
Animal appendages used for gripping or scratching
Made of keratin
ANVIL: An anvil spends its life being hit, yet it's stronger than the things that strike it.
Associated with Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote
Classic elements of slapstick comedy props
Road runner cartoon staples
EGG: The egg isn't waiting to become a chicken; the chicken is just an egg's way of making another egg.
Related to different styles or types of clothing
Common in workwear and casual fashion
Kinds of pants
NAIL: The nail thinks it holds things together, but really, it's just afraid of letting go.
Associated with movement or motion
Can each function as both nouns and verbs
___ roll
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Hint: Made of keratin
Hint: Road runner cartoon staples
Hint: Kinds of pants
Hint: ___ roll