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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — December 27, 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.
BELL
BLACK
CHARCOAL
DR
GEN
GHOST
INK
MESSAGE
MS
OMEN
PAINT
PASTEL
PROF
REV
SIGN
WARNING
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
INDICATION OF THINGS TO COMEStraightforward
NAME PREFIXESModerate
ART MEDIUMSTricky
___ PEPPERDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
INDICATION OF THINGS TO COMEStraightforward
THESE WORDS ALL SUGGEST SOMETHING FORETELLING THE FUTURE+ 3 more…
NAME PREFIXESModerate
ABBREVIATED TITLES YOU'D PUT BEFORE SOMEONE'S NAME+ 3 more…
ART MEDIUMSTricky
THESE ARE ALL MATERIALS AN ARTIST MIGHT USE TO CREATE A WORK+ 3 more…
___ PEPPERDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE 'PEPPER'+ 3 more…
Full solution
INDICATION OF THINGS TO COMEStraightforward
MESSAGE,OMEN,SIGN,WARNING
MESSAGE, OMEN, SIGN, and WARNING all indicate or foreshadow things that are yet to come.
NAME PREFIXESModerate
GEN,MS,PROF,REV
GEN (General), MS, PROF (Professor), and REV (Reverend) are all abbreviated honorific prefixes used before a person's name.
ART MEDIUMSTricky
CHARCOAL,INK,PAINT,PASTEL
CHARCOAL, INK, PAINT, and PASTEL are all mediums used in visual art to create drawings or paintings.
___ PEPPERDevious
BELL,BLACK,DR,GHOST
BELL pepper, BLACK pepper, DR Pepper, and GHOST pepper all combine with PEPPER to form well-known compound words or names.