Get NYT Connections Hints for October 14, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #491, including word connections and hidden categories.
As a fellow word puzzle enthusiast, I've designed these hints to be progressive to preserve your enjoyment of the game. Please reveal them in order, starting from the top. While official hints and answers are available at the bottom, I strongly encourage you to think through each connection yourself before checking them.
ROLL: While you roll the dice of life, the dice are actually rolling you into their game
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
RUMBLE: You hear the rumble, but the rumble hears your fear
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