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Saturday, February 17, 2024
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — February 17, 2024
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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.
COVERAGE
CURL
DOM
EXPOSURE
FAMILY
FLEA
FLYING
ION
LOCK
MEDIA
NESS
PRESS
PUBLICITY
RINGLET
SHIP
TRESS
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
BIT OF HAIRStraightforward
MEDIA ATTENTIONModerate
NOUN SUFFIXESTricky
___ CIRCUSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
BIT OF HAIRStraightforward
SMALL SECTIONS OF HAIR YOU MIGHT FIND IN A LOCKET+ 3 more…
MEDIA ATTENTIONModerate
WHAT A CELEBRITY CRAVES AND A SCANDAL GENERATES+ 3 more…
NOUN SUFFIXESTricky
WORD ENDINGS THAT TURN OTHER WORDS INTO NOUNS+ 3 more…
___ CIRCUSDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE 'CIRCUS' TO MAKE A FAMILIAR PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
BIT OF HAIRStraightforward
CURL,LOCK,RINGLET,TRESS
CURL, LOCK, RINGLET, and TRESS all refer to small sections or strands of hair.
MEDIA ATTENTIONModerate
COVERAGE,EXPOSURE,PRESS,PUBLICITY
COVERAGE, EXPOSURE, PRESS, and PUBLICITY all refer to attention given by media outlets.
NOUN SUFFIXESTricky
DOM,ION,NESS,SHIP
DOM, ION, NESS, and SHIP are all suffixes added to words to form nouns (e.g., freedom, nation, kindness, friendship).
___ CIRCUSDevious
FAMILY,FLEA,FLYING,MEDIA
FAMILY, FLEA, FLYING, and MEDIA can each precede CIRCUS to form a compound phrase (e.g., flea circus, flying circus, media circus, family circus).