Get NYT Connections Hints for October 2, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #479, 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.
DICE: They say life is a roll of the dice, but dice don't worry about landing on the right number - they just roll with it.
When you put something on the line
Taking a calculated leap of faith
Put on the line
SLOT MACHINE: You think you're playing the slot machine, but perhaps the slot machine is playing you, one coin at a time.
Ways to transform ingredients
Breaking things into smaller pieces
Use a kitchen knife
SHIVA: Shiva dances to destroy the universe, but maybe destruction is just renovation on a cosmic scale.
Classic movies with intense themes
Movies featuring morally ambiguous characters
Robert de niro films
TAXI DRIVER: You think you're watching the city through a taxi window, but the city is watching you, collecting stories of where you go.
Entities associated with various arms or limbs
Notable figures or objects with distinctive physical forms
Distinctive number of arms (or lack thereof)
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Hint: Put on the line
Hint: Use a kitchen knife
Hint: Robert de niro films
Hint: Distinctive number of arms (or lack thereof)