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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — February 20, 2025

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Word grid

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

ALARM
BUNK
CIRCLE
CRASH
DEW
FLARE
ROOSTER
SIGNAL
SLEEP
SOS
STAR
STAY
SUNRISE
TRIANGLE
UMBRELLA
WORM
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Themes

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

ALERTStraightforward
SPEND THE NIGHT (AT)Moderate
ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORNINGTricky
COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN “SQUID GAME”Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

ALERTStraightforward
WAYS TO WARN SOMEONE OF DANGER+ 3 more…
SPEND THE NIGHT (AT)Moderate
WAYS TO SAY YOU'RE CRASHING SOMEWHERE FOR THE NIGHT+ 3 more…
ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORNINGTricky
THINGS YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER AT THE CRACK OF DAWN+ 3 more…
COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN “SQUID GAME”Devious
SHAPES CARVED IN THE HONEYCOMB CANDY CHALLENGE FROM A CERTAIN NETFLIX SHOW+ 3 more…
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Full solution
ALERTStraightforward
ALARM,FLARE,SIGNAL,SOS

ALARM, FLARE, SIGNAL, and SOS are all ways to alert others to danger or an emergency situation.

SPEND THE NIGHT (AT)Moderate
BUNK,CRASH,SLEEP,STAY

BUNK, CRASH, SLEEP, and STAY can all mean to spend the night somewhere, often informally at someone else's place.

ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORNINGTricky
DEW,ROOSTER,SUNRISE,WORM

DEW, ROOSTER, SUNRISE, and WORM are all things classically associated with early morning — morning dew, a crowing rooster, the sunrise, and the early bird catching the worm.

COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN “SQUID GAME”Devious
CIRCLE,STAR,TRIANGLE,UMBRELLA

In Squid Game, players must carve CIRCLE, STAR, TRIANGLE, and UMBRELLA shapes out of honeycomb candy (dalgona) without breaking them.

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