Connections Hints
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — November 15, 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.
DA
EW
HAI
ICK
JA
O
OK
OUI
PU
SI
UGH
US
W
WE
WEE
WII
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
“GROSS!”Straightforward
MAGAZINESModerate
“YES” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGESTricky
HOMOPHONESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
“GROSS!”Straightforward
EXCLAMATIONS OF DISGUST+ 3 more…
MAGAZINESModerate
SINGLE-LETTER OR TWO-LETTER PUBLICATIONS YOU MIGHT FIND AT A NEWSSTAND+ 3 more…
“YES” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGESTricky
AFFIRMATIVES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE+ 3 more…
HOMOPHONESDevious
THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME BUT ARE SPELLED DIFFERENTLY+ 3 more…
Full solution
“GROSS!”Straightforward
EW,ICK,PU,UGH
EW, ICK, PU, and UGH are all interjections used to express disgust or revulsion.
MAGAZINESModerate
O,OK,US,W
O (Oprah's magazine), OK, US, and W are all magazines with very short names.
“YES” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGESTricky
HAI,JA,SI,DA
HAI (Japanese), JA (German/Scandinavian), SI (Spanish/Italian), and DA (Russian) all mean 'yes' in different languages.
HOMOPHONESDevious
OUI,WE,WEE,WII
OUI (French for yes), WE (pronoun), WEE (small), and WII (Nintendo console) are all homophones of each other.