Get NYT Connections Hints for November 18, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #526, including word connections and hidden categories.
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DRYER: Your dryer spends its whole life spinning in circles to keep your clothes warm and fresh, yet you never spin in circles for it. Who's really being taken for a spin here?
Found in a salon or bathroom cabinet
Used for hair styling and maintenance
Used in hair care
RENT: You think you're paying rent to live somewhere, but maybe the building is renting you to feel less empty inside. Who's really hosting whom?
Essential modern life services
Bills you need to pay to live comfortably
Monthly expenses
COMB: You think you're using the comb to straighten your hair, but maybe the comb is secretly tangling it just enough to ensure job security.
Black and white patterns appear here
These can involve counting or matching
Things with spots
DIE: A die has six sides, but we only care about the one facing up. Maybe that's why they keep rolling - they're tired of being judged by just one side of their personality.
Related to coastal or beach areas
Types of creatures or their namesakes
___ crab
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Hint: Used in hair care
Hint: Monthly expenses
Hint: Things with spots
Hint: ___ crab