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Friday, August 11, 2023

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — August 11, 2023

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Word grid

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

BARBIE
BUSH
CRIKEY
EINSTEIN
FACULTY
FEYNMAN
FLAIR
GENIUS
GIFT
HAWKING
MATCH
MATE
MOOT
OPPENHEIMER
SELLING
WEST
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Themes

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

THEORETICAL PHYSICISTSStraightforward
TALENTModerate
AUSTRALIAN TERMSTricky
___ POINTDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

THEORETICAL PHYSICISTSStraightforward
FAMOUS NAMES IN PHYSICS WHO CHANGED HOW WE SEE THE UNIVERSE+ 3 more…
TALENTModerate
WORDS MEANING A NATURAL ABILITY OR APTITUDE+ 3 more…
AUSTRALIAN TERMSTricky
SLANG OR COLLOQUIAL TERMS YOU'D HEAR DOWN UNDER+ 3 more…
___ POINTDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE 'POINT' TO MAKE A COMMON PHRASE+ 3 more…
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Full solution
THEORETICAL PHYSICISTSStraightforward
EINSTEIN,FEYNMAN,HAWKING,OPPENHEIMER

Einstein, Feynman, Hawking, and Oppenheimer are all renowned theoretical physicists who made groundbreaking contributions to modern physics.

TALENTModerate
FACULTY,FLAIR,GENIUS,GIFT

Faculty, flair, genius, and gift are all synonyms for natural talent or innate ability.

AUSTRALIAN TERMSTricky
BARBIE,BUSH,CRIKEY,MATE

Barbie (barbecue), bush (wilderness), crikey (exclamation of surprise), and mate (friend) are all distinctly Australian terms or expressions.

___ POINTDevious
MATCH,MOOT,SELLING,WEST

Match point, moot point, selling point, and West Point are all common compound phrases formed by adding 'point' after each word.

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