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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — December 4, 2024

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Word grid

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

ATLAS
CANDLE
COMPASS
DIRECT
ECHO
GUIDE
HELEN
JOHNSON
LEAD
LOOFAH
PAN
PINE TREE
SEWING KIT
SHEPHERD
TOILETRIES
TURNTABLE
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Themes

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

STEERStraightforward
THINGS WITH NEEDLE/SModerate
FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHTricky
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR LAVATORYDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

STEERStraightforward
WORDS MEANING TO POINT SOMEONE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION+ 3 more…
THINGS WITH NEEDLE/SModerate
THESE ALL HAVE ONE OR MORE SHARP, POINTY SPINES+ 3 more…
FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHTricky
CHARACTERS FROM ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR LAVATORYDevious
EACH WORD BEGINS WITH A SYNONYM FOR TOILET+ 3 more…
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Full solution
STEERStraightforward
DIRECT,GUIDE,LEAD,SHEPHERD

DIRECT, GUIDE, LEAD, and SHEPHERD all mean to steer someone or something toward a destination or goal.

THINGS WITH NEEDLE/SModerate
COMPASS,PINE TREE,SEWING KIT,TURNTABLE

A COMPASS has a needle for direction, a PINE TREE has needles for leaves, a SEWING KIT contains needles for stitching, and a TURNTABLE has a needle to read records.

FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHTricky
ATLAS,ECHO,HELEN,PAN

ATLAS (titan who holds the sky), ECHO (nymph cursed to repeat sounds), HELEN (of Troy), and PAN (god of the wild) are all figures from Greek mythology.

STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR LAVATORYDevious
CANDLE,LOOFAH,JOHNSON,TOILETRIES

CAN-dle (can = toilet slang), LOO-fah (loo = British slang for toilet), JOHN-son (john = slang for toilet), and TOILET-ries (toilet) — each word starts with a synonym for lavatory.

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