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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — February 15, 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.
ALTERNATIVE
BLAB
CHEESE
COMMAND
CONTROL
CUP
DISH
EMOTIONAL
OPTION
PAN
POPULAR
PROGRESSIVE
RETURN
SHORT
SPILL
TELL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
DIVULGEStraightforward
WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARDModerate
WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRESTricky
___CAKEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
DIVULGEStraightforward
ALL MEAN TO REVEAL A SECRET OR SHARE INFORMATION YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T+ 3 more…
WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARDModerate
YOU PRESS THESE KEYS ON AN APPLE COMPUTER+ 3 more…
WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRESTricky
THESE ADJECTIVES GET ABBREVIATED WHEN NAMING ROCK MUSIC SUBGENRES+ 3 more…
___CAKEDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE 'CAKE' TO MAKE A DESSERT OR BAKED GOOD+ 3 more…
Full solution
DIVULGEStraightforward
BLAB,DISH,SPILL,TELL
BLAB, DISH, SPILL, and TELL are all informal verbs meaning to divulge or reveal information, often gossip
WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARDModerate
COMMAND,CONTROL,OPTION,RETURN
COMMAND, CONTROL, OPTION, and RETURN are all keys found on a Mac keyboard
WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRESTricky
ALTERNATIVE,EMOTIONAL,POPULAR,PROGRESSIVE
ALTERNATIVE (alt), EMOTIONAL (emo), POPULAR (pop), and PROGRESSIVE (prog) are all words shortened to create rock genre names
___CAKEDevious
CHEESE,CUP,PAN,SHORT
CHEESE, CUP, PAN, and SHORT can all precede 'cake' to form cheesecake, cupcake, pancake, and shortcake