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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — April 25, 2024

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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.

BEAKER
BODY
CELL
CENTER
DROPPER
FORMULA
GOGGLES
HEART
HUB
LOVE
MICROSCOPE
NUCLEUS
ROMANCE
SHEET
SIGN
SORT
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Themes

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

LAB EQUIPMENTStraightforward
NEXUSModerate
SPREADSHEET TERMSTricky
___ LANGUAGEDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

LAB EQUIPMENTStraightforward
THINGS YOU'D FIND IN A SCIENCE CLASSROOM+ 3 more…
NEXUSModerate
WORDS MEANING THE CENTRAL POINT OF SOMETHING+ 3 more…
SPREADSHEET TERMSTricky
TERMS YOU'D ENCOUNTER IN EXCEL OR GOOGLE SHEETS+ 3 more…
___ LANGUAGEDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE 'LANGUAGE'+ 3 more…
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Full solution
LAB EQUIPMENTStraightforward
BEAKER,DROPPER,GOGGLES,MICROSCOPE

BEAKER, DROPPER, GOGGLES, and MICROSCOPE are all items commonly found and used in a science laboratory.

NEXUSModerate
CENTER,HEART,HUB,NUCLEUS

CENTER, HEART, HUB, and NUCLEUS all mean the core or central point of something.

SPREADSHEET TERMSTricky
CELL,FORMULA,SHEET,SORT

CELL, FORMULA, SHEET, and SORT are all terms used in spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel.

___ LANGUAGEDevious
BODY,LOVE,ROMANCE,SIGN

BODY, LOVE, ROMANCE, and SIGN can all precede the word LANGUAGE to form compound phrases: body language, love language, romance language, sign language.

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