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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COMB: Your comb thinks it's fixing your bad hair day, but you're actually ruining its perfect teeth alignment
These words can describe methods of examination or investigation
All relate to carefully separating or analyzing materials
Rummage
TREE: You think you're watching trees grow, but trees are watching generations of humans pass by
Words describing different types of sounds
Various ways that noise travels through space
Sounds of thunder
SALAD: You don't make the salad; the vegetables just let you arrange their final dance
Different styles or techniques involving strands
Ways to manipulate and style lengthy things
Ways to wear your hair up
SIFT: You sift through life's choices, but time is sifting through you
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