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NYT Connections Hints October 14, 2024 #491

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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Yellow Group Hints October 14, 2024

COMB: Your comb thinks it's fixing your bad hair day, but you're actually ruining its perfect teeth alignment

Hint One

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These words can describe methods of examination or investigation

Hint Two

All relate to carefully separating or analyzing materials

Hint Three

Rummage

Green Group Hints October 14, 2024

TREE: You think you're watching trees grow, but trees are watching generations of humans pass by

Hint One

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Words describing different types of sounds

Hint Two

Various ways that noise travels through space

Hint Three

Sounds of thunder

Blue Group Hints October 14, 2024

SALAD: You don't make the salad; the vegetables just let you arrange their final dance

Hint One

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Different styles or techniques involving strands

Hint Two

Ways to manipulate and style lengthy things

Hint Three

Ways to wear your hair up

Purple Group Hints October 14, 2024

SIFT: You sift through life's choices, but time is sifting through you

Hint One

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These words can all appear before the word 'leaf'

Hint Two

Objects that can have branches or layers

Hint Three

Things that can have leaves

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Rummage

COMB
DIG
ROOT
SIFT

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Sounds of thunder

CLAP
PEAL
ROLL
RUMBLE

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Ways to wear your hair up

BUN
BRAID
PONY
TWIST

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that can have leaves

BOOK
SALAD
TABLE
TREE