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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — March 9, 2024

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Word grid

All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.

BAR
BLANKET
BROAD
CADET
CONCENTRATION
DEGREE
DOWN
GENERAL
HEATER
INHALE
MAJOR
MINOR
SCARF
STATION
SWEEPING
WOLF
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Themes

The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.

EAT VORACIOUSLYStraightforward
AREAS OF ACADEMIC FOCUSModerate
UNIVERSALTricky
SPACE ___Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

EAT VORACIOUSLYStraightforward
WAYS TO DEVOUR FOOD LIKE YOU HAVEN'T EATEN IN DAYS+ 3 more…
AREAS OF ACADEMIC FOCUSModerate
THINGS YOU MIGHT DECLARE WHEN PURSUING A COLLEGE DIPLOMA+ 3 more…
UNIVERSALTricky
WORDS MEANING WIDE-RANGING OR ALL-ENCOMPASSING+ 3 more…
SPACE ___Devious
ADD A COMMON WORD BEFORE THESE TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS WORLD+ 3 more…
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Full solution
EAT VORACIOUSLYStraightforward
DOWN,INHALE,SCARF,WOLF

DOWN, INHALE, SCARF, and WOLF are all informal verbs meaning to eat greedily or voraciously.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC FOCUSModerate
CONCENTRATION,DEGREE,MAJOR,MINOR

CONCENTRATION, DEGREE, MAJOR, and MINOR are all terms related to areas of academic study or credentials in higher education.

UNIVERSALTricky
BLANKET,BROAD,GENERAL,SWEEPING

BLANKET, BROAD, GENERAL, and SWEEPING all mean applying universally or covering everything without exception.

SPACE ___Devious
BAR,CADET,HEATER,STATION

BAR, CADET, HEATER, and STATION can all follow SPACE to form compound words: space bar, space cadet, space heater, and space station.

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