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Friday, May 31, 2024

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — May 31, 2024

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Word grid

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

BODY
CANON
FUJI
HANDS
HOOD
INSERT
JACKET
MARACA
OEUVRE
OLYMPUS
POLAROID
RECORD
SLEEVE
SNOWGLOBE
WHITNEY
WORKS
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Themes

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

CORPUSStraightforward
MOUNT ___Moderate
COMPONENTS OF AN LPTricky
THINGS PEOPLE SHAKEDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

CORPUSStraightforward
WORDS FOR AN ARTIST'S COMPLETE BODY OF WORK+ 3 more…
MOUNT ___Moderate
FAMOUS PEAKS THAT FOLLOW THE WORD 'MOUNT'+ 3 more…
COMPONENTS OF AN LPTricky
PARTS THAT MAKE UP A VINYL ALBUM PACKAGE+ 3 more…
THINGS PEOPLE SHAKEDevious
THINGS YOU MIGHT VIGOROUSLY SHAKE+ 3 more…
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Full solution
CORPUSStraightforward
BODY,CANON,OEUVRE,WORKS

BODY, CANON, OEUVRE, and WORKS all refer to the complete collection of an artist's or writer's output, synonymous with 'corpus'

MOUNT ___Moderate
FUJI,HOOD,OLYMPUS,WHITNEY

FUJI, HOOD, OLYMPUS, and WHITNEY are all famous mountains that follow the word 'Mount' — Mt. Fuji, Mt. Hood, Mt. Olympus, Mt. Whitney

COMPONENTS OF AN LPTricky
INSERT,JACKET,RECORD,SLEEVE

INSERT, JACKET, RECORD, and SLEEVE are all physical components found in a vinyl LP package

THINGS PEOPLE SHAKEDevious
HANDS,MARACA,POLAROID,SNOWGLOBE

HANDS (shake hands), MARACA (a percussion instrument you shake), POLAROID (people shake polaroid photos), and SNOWGLOBE (you shake it to make it snow) are all things people shake

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