Today's Connections Hints and Answers for October 14, 2024 (Puzzle #490)

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Today's Connections Category Tips

OCTOBER 14 #490

In today's puzzle, quite a number of words can be nouns or verbs, which makes it difficult to understand which meaning is correct to deduce. With proper deductive reasoning, you can begin to separate words and build different categories. Today we can help you figure it out by giving you the right hints and spoilers if you need it.

• One of the categories is to sort things.
• One category is about certain sounds produced by a natural phenomenon.
• A category is about how you can design something.
• A category is four things that can all have leaf types.

After looking at the clues and trying to solve them, you may still find yourself stumped. If you do, we there are more tips to help you finish.

Today's Relationship Answers

OCTOBER 14 #490

Yellow Answers: Detected and explained

If you have to get over something, maybe you GET it over. ROOTS can anchor plants to the ground, but it can also mean a mess, especially if you're trying to get to the bottom. SIFT can mean a number of things, but as an archaeologist being able to filter dirt is one of my favorite meanings and I've done a lot. Finally, combing something can mean using a comb on your hair, but it also has another meaning.

Green Answers: Revealed and Explained

It took me a second to figure this out because I had forgotten the word PEAL existed. It's a good word and should probably be added to my vocabulary a bit more than I currently do. I was more aware of RUMBLE and ROLL and grouped those two together from the beginning before adding CLAP as another loud sound. After finishing the category, I realized that they were all there especially there should be words about lightningbut without this specification it made sense as a category about loud sounds.

Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained

After seeing BRAID and TWIST, I thought they probably went together and started looking for other options. I didn't see anything about rope or any other “twist” words that would lean more into the verb category, so I looked up THIS and he thought he might have different hairstyles. It took me a little longer to add PONY to the mix, but that was because it lost the important “tail” that would hook me up faster. Even so, I'm still glad I was able to figure it out.

Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained

Ultimately, this category was something I was leaning towards but wasn't sure about. I had seen BOOK and TREE before and thought it might be something about paper or things made of paper. it was almost truebut when I came back to those words at the end, it didn't immediately make sense as I entered the last guess. It makes more sense to see it now, and I'm a little crazy about how close I am. However, I can't help but be mad to get it right and win.

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