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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — July 12, 2023

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Word grid

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

CONE
CUBE
CUCUMBER
EGGPLANT
JOB
LIMA
MAC
MOBILE
PAD
PEPPER
PHONE
POD
POLISH
PYRAMID
SPHERE
TOMATO
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Themes

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

VEGETABLES THAT ARE ALSO FRUITSStraightforward
3-D SHAPESModerate
WORDS WITH “i”Tricky
WORDS WITH TWO PRONUNCIATIONSDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

VEGETABLES THAT ARE ALSO FRUITSStraightforward
THINGS WE CALL VEGETABLES THAT BOTANISTS CALL FRUITS+ 3 more…
3-D SHAPESModerate
SOLID GEOMETRIC FORMS YOU LEARNED IN MATH CLASS+ 3 more…
WORDS WITH “i”Tricky
APPLE PRODUCT SUFFIXES THAT FOLLOW A LOWERCASE 'I'+ 3 more…
WORDS WITH TWO PRONUNCIATIONSDevious
WORDS THAT CHANGE MEANING DEPENDING ON HOW YOU PRONOUNCE THEM+ 3 more…
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Full solution
VEGETABLES THAT ARE ALSO FRUITSStraightforward
CUCUMBER,EGGPLANT,PEPPER,TOMATO

Cucumber, eggplant, pepper, and tomato are all botanically fruits (they develop from flowers and contain seeds) but are commonly referred to as vegetables in culinary contexts.

3-D SHAPESModerate
CONE,CUBE,PYRAMID,SPHERE

Cone, cube, pyramid, and sphere are all three-dimensional geometric shapes.

WORDS WITH “i”Tricky
MAC,PAD,PHONE,POD

Mac, Pad, Phone, and Pod all follow the lowercase 'i' to form Apple product names: iMac, iPad, iPhone, and iPod.

WORDS WITH TWO PRONUNCIATIONSDevious
JOB,LIMA,MOBILE,POLISH

Job (biblical name vs. employment), Lima (capital of Peru vs. city in Ohio/type of bean), Mobile (able to move vs. city in Alabama), and Polish (nationality vs. to shine) each have two distinct pronunciations with different meanings.

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