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Thursday, December 26, 2024
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — December 26, 2024
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ABOUT
ALA
ARK
AROUND
ELDER
HANDSOME
HEALTHY
LIKE
MISS
ORE
PALM
PINE
RESPECTABLE
ROUGHLY
SPRUCE
TIDY
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
APPROXIMATELYStraightforward
TREESModerate
SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNTTricky
U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
APPROXIMATELYStraightforward
WORDS MEANING 'MORE OR LESS' OR 'IN THE BALLPARK'+ 3 more…
TREESModerate
THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A FOREST OR ON A BEACH+ 3 more…
SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNTTricky
UNEXPECTED WORDS THAT MEAN IMPRESSIVELY LARGE IN QUANTITY+ 3 more…
U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDEDevious
HOW THE AP STYLE GUIDE SHORTENS CERTAIN STATE NAMES+ 3 more…
Full solution
APPROXIMATELYStraightforward
ABOUT,AROUND,LIKE,ROUGHLY
ABOUT, AROUND, LIKE, and ROUGHLY all mean approximately or in the general range of a number or description.
TREESModerate
ELDER,PALM,PINE,SPRUCE
ELDER, PALM, PINE, and SPRUCE are all types of trees.
SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNTTricky
HANDSOME,HEALTHY,RESPECTABLE,TIDY
HANDSOME, HEALTHY, RESPECTABLE, and TIDY can all describe a sizable or considerable amount, as in 'a tidy sum' or 'a handsome profit.'
U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDEDevious
ALA,ARK,MISS,ORE
ALA (Alabama), ARK (Arkansas), MISS (Mississippi), and ORE (Oregon) are the official AP Style Guide abbreviations for those U.S. states.