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NYT Connections Hints October 17, 2024 #494

Get NYT Connections Hints for October 17, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #494, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints October 17, 2024

HARVARD: Everyone wants to get into Harvard, but Harvard just wants to get into your bank account.

Hint One

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Outdoor spaces with grass

Hint Two

Areas maintained for recreation or aesthetics

Hint Three

Grassy area

Green Group Hints October 17, 2024

JAW: Your jaw does all the talking, but never gets to say what it really wants.

Hint One

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Ways to refer to or reach something

Hint Two

Information used to locate or identify

Hint Three

Deal with

Blue Group Hints October 17, 2024

FIELD: Fields don't grow crops for humans; humans grow humans for fields.

Hint One

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Words that can be paired with 'joint'

Hint Two

These relate to motion or connection

Hint Three

Movies with β€œs” removed

Purple Group Hints October 17, 2024

LAWN: You don't mow the lawn, the lawn mows away your weekend.

Hint One

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Each could be described as 'bad' or 'defective'

Hint Two

These suggest something inherent or original

Hint Three

___ law

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Grassy area

GREEN
LAWN
PARK
YARD

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Deal with

ADDRESS
ANSWER
FIELD
HANDLE

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Movies with β€œs” removed

CAR
GOODFELLA
JAW
SWINGER

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: ___ law

CRIMINAL
HARVARD
LEMON
NATURAL