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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — June 21, 2023

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Word grid

All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.

CHAD
CRANE
DATE
FISH
GEORGIA
GOAT
JAY
JORDAN
KIWI
LEMON
ORANGE
SCALES
SWALLOW
TOGO
TURKEY
TWINS
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Themes

The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.

FRUITStraightforward
COUNTRIESModerate
BIRDSTricky
ZODIAC SYMBOLSDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

FRUITStraightforward
THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A FRUIT BOWL+ 3 more…
COUNTRIESModerate
THESE ARE ALL NAMES OF NATIONS, THOUGH THEY SOUND LIKE PEOPLE+ 3 more…
BIRDSTricky
THESE CAN ALL FLY (OR AT LEAST THEY TRY TO)+ 3 more…
ZODIAC SYMBOLSDevious
EACH ONE REPRESENTS A SIGN OF THE ZODIAC+ 3 more…
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Full solution
FRUITStraightforward
DATE,KIWI,LEMON,ORANGE

DATE, KIWI, LEMON, and ORANGE are all fruits

COUNTRIESModerate
CHAD,GEORGIA,JORDAN,TOGO

CHAD, GEORGIA, JORDAN, and TOGO are all countries

BIRDSTricky
CRANE,JAY,SWALLOW,TURKEY

CRANE, JAY, SWALLOW, and TURKEY are all birds

ZODIAC SYMBOLSDevious
FISH,GOAT,SCALES,TWINS

FISH (Pisces), GOAT (Capricorn), SCALES (Libra), and TWINS (Gemini) are all zodiac symbols

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