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Friday, June 23, 2023

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — June 23, 2023

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Word grid

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

COT
ENVY
FLOCK
GREED
LORIS
LUST
PACK
POD
PRIDE
SCHOOL
SEC
SIN
SLOTH
SNAIL
TAN
TORTOISE
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Themes

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

ANIMAL GROUP NAMESStraightforward
DEADLY SINSModerate
SLOW ANIMALSTricky
TRIG FUNCTIONSDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

ANIMAL GROUP NAMESStraightforward
WORDS FOR A BUNCH OF ANIMALS MOVING TOGETHER+ 3 more…
DEADLY SINSModerate
THE SEVEN BAD ONES, MINUS THREE+ 3 more…
SLOW ANIMALSTricky
CREATURES THAT WON'T BE WINNING ANY RACES+ 3 more…
TRIG FUNCTIONSDevious
ABBREVIATIONS FROM THE UNIT CIRCLE YOU MEMORIZED IN MATH CLASS+ 3 more…
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Full solution
ANIMAL GROUP NAMESStraightforward
FLOCK,PACK,POD,SCHOOL

FLOCK, PACK, POD, and SCHOOL are all collective nouns used to describe groups of specific animals.

DEADLY SINSModerate
ENVY,GREED,LUST,PRIDE

ENVY, GREED, LUST, and PRIDE are four of the seven deadly sins in Christian tradition.

SLOW ANIMALSTricky
LORIS,SLOTH,SNAIL,TORTOISE

LORIS, SLOTH, SNAIL, and TORTOISE are all animals famously known for their slow movement.

TRIG FUNCTIONSDevious
COT,SEC,SIN,TAN

COT (cotangent), SEC (secant), SIN (sine), and TAN (tangent) are all trigonometric functions.

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