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Friday, January 3, 2025

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — January 3, 2025

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Word grid

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

ARCH
BALL
BELLY
BUCK
BUTTON
CLAM
HEEL
HOLE
LUCK
MOREL
OYSTER
SINGLE
SMACKER
SOLE
STICKER
TRUMPET
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Themes

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

PARTS OF A FOOTStraightforward
ONE DOLLARModerate
KINDS OF MUSHROOMSTricky
POT___Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

PARTS OF A FOOTStraightforward
ANATOMY FROM ANKLE TO TOE+ 3 more…
ONE DOLLARModerate
SLANG TERMS FOR A SINGLE GREENBACK+ 3 more…
KINDS OF MUSHROOMSTricky
FUNGI YOU MIGHT FIND AT A FARMERS MARKET+ 3 more…
POT___Devious
WORDS THAT FOLLOW 'POT' TO MAKE A COMPOUND WORD+ 3 more…
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Full solution
PARTS OF A FOOTStraightforward
ARCH,BALL,HEEL,SOLE

ARCH, BALL, HEEL, and SOLE are all anatomical parts of a human foot

ONE DOLLARModerate
BUCK,CLAM,SINGLE,SMACKER

BUCK, CLAM, SINGLE, and SMACKER are all informal slang words for one US dollar

KINDS OF MUSHROOMSTricky
BUTTON,MOREL,OYSTER,TRUMPET

BUTTON, MOREL, OYSTER, and TRUMPET are all varieties of edible mushrooms

POT___Devious
BELLY,HOLE,LUCK,STICKER

BELLY, HOLE, LUCK, and STICKER can all follow POT to form compound words: POTBELLY, POTHOLE, POTLUCK, POTSTICKER

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