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NYT Connections Hints October 19, 2024 #496

Get NYT Connections Hints for October 19, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #496, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints October 19, 2024

NETTLE: You worry about getting stung by nettles, but imagine being a nettle - your only defense mechanism is literally burning everyone you touch. Talk about lonely.

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Think about ways to spark or trigger something

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Words related to causing or stimulating responses

Hint Three

Bring about

Green Group Hints October 19, 2024

MADDEN: You think you're making others mad, but they're probably laughing at how mad you're getting trying to make them mad.

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Associated with relaxation and pleasant aromas

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Products commonly found in a bathroom or spa

Hint Three

Things that are often scented

Blue Group Hints October 19, 2024

LOTION: Humans invented lotion to feel smoother, yet we're still the roughest species on Earth when it comes to treating each other.

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Nature's warning systems

Hint Two

These can all sting

Hint Three

Things that might sting

Purple Group Hints October 19, 2024

GENERATE: We're so focused on generating new things that we forget we're generating problems faster than solutions.

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Popular titles in digital format

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Well-known video game franchises

Hint Three

Video game franchises

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Bring about

GENERATE
INSPIRE
PROMPT
PROVOKE

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that are often scented

CANDLE
INCENSE
LOTION
SOAP

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that might sting

INSULT
JELLYFISH
NETTLE
WASP

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Video game franchises

CIVILIZATION
HALO
MADDEN
METROID