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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — February 28, 2024
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
Theme name plus one word from each category.
AMERICAN, BLUE, JACK, and SWISS are all informal names for common cheeses (American cheese, blue cheese, Monterey Jack, Swiss cheese)
HAMMER, HURDLE, JAVELIN, and POLE are all equipment used in track and field events (hammer throw, hurdles, javelin throw, pole vault)
CUBAN, KITTEN, STILETTO, and WEDGE are all types of heels found on shoes and boots
DATE, DUTCH, JEOPARDY, and SPACE all follow 'double' to form compound words or phrases: double date, double Dutch, double jeopardy, double space