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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — January 29, 2025
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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.
ALIEN
BORE
DREAM
DROOL
FULL
GINGERBREAD
GLADIATOR
HAD
HAUNTED
HELD
POSSESSED
SNORE
TALK
VENOM
WHITE
WICKED
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
OWNEDStraightforward
THINGS YOU MIGHT DO IN YOUR SLEEPModerate
MOVIE SERIES WITH 2024 RELEASESTricky
___ HOUSEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
OWNEDStraightforward
PAST TENSE VERBS MEANING TO HAVE HAD SOMETHING AS YOUR OWN+ 3 more…
THINGS YOU MIGHT DO IN YOUR SLEEPModerate
UNCONSCIOUS NIGHTTIME ACTIVITIES+ 3 more…
MOVIE SERIES WITH 2024 RELEASESTricky
FRANCHISES THAT RELEASED A NEW INSTALLMENT IN 2024+ 3 more…
___ HOUSEDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE 'HOUSE' TO MAKE A FAMILIAR COMPOUND OR PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
OWNEDStraightforward
BORE,HAD,HELD,POSSESSED
BORE, HAD, HELD, and POSSESSED are all past tense verbs meaning 'owned' or 'had in one's possession'.
THINGS YOU MIGHT DO IN YOUR SLEEPModerate
DREAM,DROOL,SNORE,TALK
DREAM, DROOL, SNORE, and TALK are all things a person might involuntarily do while sleeping.
MOVIE SERIES WITH 2024 RELEASESTricky
ALIEN,GLADIATOR,VENOM,WICKED
ALIEN (Alien: Romulus), GLADIATOR (Gladiator II), VENOM (Venom: The Last Dance), and WICKED (Wicked Part 1) all had new movie releases in 2024.
___ HOUSEDevious
FULL,GINGERBREAD,HAUNTED,WHITE
FULL HOUSE, GINGERBREAD HOUSE, HAUNTED HOUSE, and WHITE HOUSE are all common compound words or phrases formed by adding 'HOUSE'.