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Friday, September 15, 2023
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 15, 2023
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BEAM
BUFFALO
COW
CUTIE
ENVY
EXCEL
FLOOR
GLOW
GOAT
HORSE
RADIATE
RINGS
SEEDY
SHEEP
SHINE
VAULT
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
BOVIDSStraightforward
EMIT LIGHTModerate
GYMNASTICS APPARATUSTricky
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
BOVIDSStraightforward
THESE ANIMALS ALL BELONG TO THE SAME FAMILY OF HOOFED MAMMALS+ 3 more…
EMIT LIGHTModerate
EACH OF THESE WORDS MEANS TO GIVE OFF OR SEND OUT LIGHT+ 3 more…
GYMNASTICS APPARATUSTricky
THESE ARE ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT USED IN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS COMPETITIONS+ 3 more…
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERSDevious
SAY THESE WORDS ALOUD AND YOU'LL HEAR TWO ALPHABET LETTERS HIDDEN INSIDE EACH ONE+ 3 more…
Full solution
BOVIDSStraightforward
BUFFALO,COW,GOAT,SHEEP
Buffalo, cow, goat, and sheep are all bovids — members of the family Bovidae, hoofed mammals with hollow horns
EMIT LIGHTModerate
BEAM,GLOW,RADIATE,SHINE
Beam, glow, radiate, and shine all mean to emit or give off light
GYMNASTICS APPARATUSTricky
FLOOR,HORSE,RINGS,VAULT
Floor, horse, rings, and vault are all apparatus events in gymnastics competitions
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERSDevious
CUTIE,ENVY,EXCEL,SEEDY
Cutie sounds like Q-T, envy sounds like N-V, excel sounds like X-L, and seedy sounds like C-D — each word phonetically spells out two letters of the alphabet