Get NYT Connections Hints for October 9, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #486, including word connections and hidden categories.
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JACKKNIFE: You think you're in control of your pocket knife, but maybe it's the knife that's been carrying you all along.
These words describe effervescent textures
Airy formations in liquids
Effervescence
PITCHFORK: Humans invented the pitchfork to move hay, but demons borrowed the design and now we're too scared to use it at night.
Natural progression over time
Words describing growth and advancement
Burgeon
BOILERPLATE: Humans created boilerplate to save time, but now we spend more time explaining boilerplate than writing actual code.
You might encounter these in music journalism
Publications and terms from the entertainment industry
Music publications
WITHERSPOON: You think it's just a name, but somewhere there's a spoon feeling very attacked right now.
These compound words have unexpected meanings
None of these mean what their individual parts suggest
Ending with tableware
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Hint: Effervescence
Hint: Burgeon
Hint: Music publications
Hint: Ending with tableware