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Monday, September 23, 2024
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 23, 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.
AMUSEMENT
BED
BUMPY
CHIP
NATIONAL
PARALLEL
PARCEL
PATCH
PLOT
ROCKY
ROUGH
RUGGED
SCRATCHY
SOUTH
STITCH
UNEVEN
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
NOT SMOOTH, AS TERRAINStraightforward
BIT OF LAND FOR GROWINGModerate
MEMBER OF A CARTOON DUOTricky
___ PARKDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
NOT SMOOTH, AS TERRAINStraightforward
WORDS DESCRIBING A JAGGED OR UNEVEN SURFACE+ 3 more…
BIT OF LAND FOR GROWINGModerate
SMALL SECTIONS OF EARTH WHERE THINGS GROW+ 3 more…
MEMBER OF A CARTOON DUOTricky
ONE HALF OF A FAMOUS ANIMATED PAIR+ 3 more…
___ PARKDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE 'PARK' TO NAME A FAMILIAR PLACE OR CONCEPT+ 3 more…
Full solution
NOT SMOOTH, AS TERRAINStraightforward
BUMPY,ROUGH,RUGGED,UNEVEN
BUMPY, ROUGH, RUGGED, and UNEVEN all describe terrain that is not smooth or flat.
BIT OF LAND FOR GROWINGModerate
BED,PARCEL,PATCH,PLOT
BED, PARCEL, PATCH, and PLOT are all words for a small area of land used for growing plants or gardening.
MEMBER OF A CARTOON DUOTricky
CHIP,ROCKY,SCRATCHY,STITCH
CHIP (& Dale), ROCKY (& Bullwinkle), SCRATCHY (& Itchy), and STITCH (& Lilo) are each members of a cartoon duo.
___ PARKDevious
AMUSEMENT,NATIONAL,PARALLEL,SOUTH
AMUSEMENT, NATIONAL, PARALLEL, and SOUTH all precede PARK to form common compound phrases: Amusement Park, National Park, Parallel Park, and South Park.