Connections Hints
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — December 26, 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.
ALLEY
BLOW
CHECK
CURB
DRIVE
FOLIO
HOLD
LANE
LEAF
LIMIT
PAGE
PICK
SHEET
STEM
STREET
THUMB
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
ROAD NAMESStraightforward
PAPER IN A BOOKModerate
RESTRAINTricky
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR NOSEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
ROAD NAMESStraightforward
WORDS YOU MIGHT SEE ON A STREET SIGN+ 3 more…
PAPER IN A BOOKModerate
TERMS FOR A SINGLE PIECE WITHIN A BOUND VOLUME+ 3 more…
RESTRAINTricky
WORDS MEANING TO HOLD BACK OR KEEP IN CHECK+ 3 more…
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR NOSEDevious
ACTIONS INVOLVING YOUR NOSE — SOME POLITE, SOME NOT+ 3 more…
Full solution
ROAD NAMESStraightforward
ALLEY,DRIVE,LANE,STREET
ALLEY, DRIVE, LANE, and STREET are all common names used to designate types of roads or thoroughfares.
PAPER IN A BOOKModerate
FOLIO,LEAF,PAGE,SHEET
FOLIO, LEAF, PAGE, and SHEET all refer to a single piece of paper as found in a book or manuscript.
RESTRAINTricky
CHECK,CURB,LIMIT,STEM
CHECK, CURB, LIMIT, and STEM all mean to restrain or hold something back from going further.
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR NOSEDevious
BLOW,HOLD,PICK,THUMB
BLOW, HOLD, PICK, and THUMB can all follow 'your nose' — blow your nose, hold your nose, pick your nose, and thumb your nose.