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Saturday, October 28, 2023

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — October 28, 2023

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Show the word gridAll 16 words — you figure out the groups
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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid

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

BLUE
DITTO
DRESS
HARVEST
LIKEWISE
LOOK
MANNER
NEW
SAILOR
SAME
SECOND
SIGHT
SMELL
STYLE
TASTE
TOUCH
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Themes

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

SENSESStraightforward
APPEARANCEModerate
“AGREE!”Tricky
___ MOONDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

SENSESStraightforward
HOW YOUR BODY PERCEIVES THE WORLD AROUND YOU+ 3 more…
APPEARANCEModerate
WORDS FOR HOW SOMEONE PRESENTS THEMSELVES+ 3 more…
“AGREE!”Tricky
THINGS YOU MIGHT SAY TO SHOW YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT+ 3 more…
___ MOONDevious
WORDS THAT CAN PRECEDE MOON TO FORM A FAMILIAR PHRASE+ 3 more…
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Full solution
SENSESStraightforward
SIGHT,SMELL,TASTE,TOUCH

SIGHT, SMELL, TASTE, and TOUCH are four of the five traditional human senses.

APPEARANCEModerate
DRESS,LOOK,MANNER,STYLE

DRESS, LOOK, MANNER, and STYLE all refer to a person's outward appearance or presentation.

“AGREE!”Tricky
DITTO,LIKEWISE,SAME,SECOND

DITTO, LIKEWISE, SAME, and SECOND are all ways to express agreement or concurrence with what someone else said.

___ MOONDevious
BLUE,HARVEST,NEW,SAILOR

BLUE MOON, HARVEST MOON, NEW MOON, and SAILOR'S MOON are all types or phrases involving the moon.

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