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Monday, September 30, 2024

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 30, 2024

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Word grid

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

AMBERGRIS
BLANCH
BOIL
CHARLIE
DOROTHY
KETO
MUSK
POACH
ROAM
ROSE
SHAGGY
SOPHIA
SOUL
STEAM
VANILLA
WALLACE
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Themes

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

COOK WITH HEAT AND WATERStraightforward
COMMON PERFUME INGREDIENTSModerate
CHARACTERS WITH PET DOGSTricky
CAPITAL CITY HOMOPHONESDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

COOK WITH HEAT AND WATERStraightforward
THESE COOKING METHODS ALL INVOLVE HOT WATER OR STEAM+ 3 more…
COMMON PERFUME INGREDIENTSModerate
YOU MIGHT FIND THESE IN A BOTTLE OF EXPENSIVE COLOGNE OR PERFUME+ 3 more…
CHARACTERS WITH PET DOGSTricky
FAMOUS FICTIONAL OWNERS OF BELOVED CANINE COMPANIONS+ 3 more…
CAPITAL CITY HOMOPHONESDevious
SAY THESE WORDS ALOUD AND YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN A FOREIGN CAPITAL+ 3 more…
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Full solution
COOK WITH HEAT AND WATERStraightforward
BLANCH,BOIL,POACH,STEAM

BLANCH, BOIL, POACH, and STEAM are all cooking techniques that use hot water or water vapor as the primary heat transfer medium

COMMON PERFUME INGREDIENTSModerate
AMBERGRIS,MUSK,ROSE,VANILLA

AMBERGRIS, MUSK, ROSE, and VANILLA are all classic ingredients commonly used in perfume and fragrance making

CHARACTERS WITH PET DOGSTricky
CHARLIE,DOROTHY,SHAGGY,WALLACE

CHARLIE (Brown/Snoopy), DOROTHY (Wizard of Oz/Toto), SHAGGY (Scooby-Doo/Scooby), and WALLACE (Wallace & Gromit/Gromit) are all characters famous for their pet dogs

CAPITAL CITY HOMOPHONESDevious
KETO,ROAM,SOPHIA,SOUL

KETO sounds like Quito (Ecuador), ROAM sounds like Rome (Italy), SOPHIA sounds like Sofia (Bulgaria), and SOUL sounds like Seoul (South Korea) — all capital city homophones

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