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NYT Connections Hints October 8, 2024 #485

Get NYT Connections Hints for October 8, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #485, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints October 8, 2024

SPIDER: You fear spiders in your home, but to them, you're the giant monster who keeps destroying their carefully crafted artwork.

Hint One

👈

Spooky seasonal decorations and costumes

Hint Two

Halloween essentials

Hint Three

Halloween symbols

Green Group Hints October 8, 2024

BAR: People go to bars to forget their problems, but bars exist because of people's problems.

Hint One

👈

Ways to say no

Hint Two

Synonyms for preventing access

Hint Three

Prohibit

Blue Group Hints October 8, 2024

CORN: You think you're eating corn, but corn has successfully convinced humans to plant it everywhere - who's really in charge?

Hint One

👈

Symbols in sheet music

Hint Two

Basic elements of written music notation

Hint Three

Found on sheet music

Purple Group Hints October 8, 2024

FORBID: The more you forbid something, the more you make it the only thing people want to do.

Hint One

👈

Each can be preceded by another word to form foods

Hint Two

Common food-related word pairings

Hint Three

Candy ___

Get NYT Connections Answers October 8, 2024 #485

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Halloween symbols

BAT
PUMPKIN
SPIDER
WITCH

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Prohibit

BAN
BLOCK
DENY
FORBID

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Found on sheet music

ACCIDENTAL
NOTE
REST
STAFF

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Candy ___

APPLE
BAR
CANE
CORN