Get NYT Connections Hints for October 14, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #491, including word connections and hidden categories.
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PONY: You think you're riding the pony, but maybe the pony is taking you on its life journey
These words can describe methods of examination or investigation
All relate to carefully separating or analyzing materials
Rummage
ROOT: Humans proudly claim to have roots, but trees laugh at our mobile lifestyles
Words describing different types of sounds
Various ways that noise travels through space
Sounds of thunder
BUN: The bun isn't in your stomach - you're in its journey to fulfill its destiny
Different styles or techniques involving strands
Ways to manipulate and style lengthy things
Ways to wear your hair up
PEAL: The bell doesn't peal for you - you peal for the bell's amusement
These words can all appear before the word 'leaf'
Objects that can have branches or layers
Things that can have leaves
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Hint: Rummage
Hint: Sounds of thunder
Hint: Ways to wear your hair up
Hint: Things that can have leaves