Get NYT Connections Hints for November 23, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #531, including word connections and hidden categories.
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BALANCE SHEET: Numbers don't lie, but they do laugh at how humans try to balance their lives while their sheets remain perfectly balanced.
Ways to relay information or events
Different forms of narrative
Telling of events
ACCOUNT: You think you own the account, but maybe the account owns a collection of human stories.
These flow from trees
Plant-based adhesive materials
Secreted by trees
SAP: Trees cry SAP, but maybe they're just laughing at how humans rush through life without growing roots.
Held items with a handle
Objects mounted on stems
Things on sticks
ROULETTE: You think you're playing roulette, but roulette is playing with human's belief in luck.
Games and treats
Entertainment items involving circles or movement
Black or red
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Hint: Telling of events
Hint: Secreted by trees
Hint: Things on sticks
Hint: Black or red