Today's Connections Hints & Answers For October 8, 2024 (Puzzle #484)

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The theme and mood of today's puzzle is very spooky and moody, which goes well with the month of Halloween. There are manyspooky-themed words andsome normal ones, which you will have to separate and decide which goes where in today's puzzle. However, you will not be alone in this endeavor, as we have plenty of tips and tricks for you to navigate the pitfalls of this puzzle.

If you like, you should try out the dailypuzzle, which is all about literal connections as opposed to metaphorical ones. In this puzzle, you will be drawing lines between dots based on the number of points each dot can have. There are other clues in the puzzle to help you figure out where the lines go, as it is a very visual puzzle, and what you can see can often clue you into what's going on.

In the month of tricks, the puzzles are using tricks of their own to try to keep you from solving them. This can be frustrating when you don't know how to separate the tricks from the real solution. However, with our help, you can figure out how to separate the words without too much headache, starting with these four clues:

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If those clues are not enough to help you avoid the tricks, you can still solve the puzzle. Often, when hints are not sufficient to see through the traps,the category names are.

HALLOWEEN SYMBOLS

PROHIBIT

FOUND ON SHEET MUSIC

CANDY ___

HALLOWEEN SYMBOLS

BAT

PUMPKIN

SPIDER

WITCH

This category was not the first one I guessed, mainly because the last category also had a lot of fall or spooky-themed words that I had to sort out first. To do so, I looked at all the possible fall words and tried to think of what they could mean instead. I realized CORN and APPLE could share a common word, and I managed to separate those words out from the others. Luckily, my initial instinct was correct for the rest of these Halloween-themed words, and