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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — May 20, 2025

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Word grid

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

BALE
BROWN
CANOPY
DAY
DREW
HARDY
HOLMES
HORSE
LEDGER
LOG
MURPHY
PITCHFORK
RECORD
REGISTER
TROUGH
WATER
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Themes

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

ACCOUNT BOOKStraightforward
SEEN IN A BARNModerate
DETECTIVES OF KID-LITTricky
WORDS BEFORE “BED”Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

ACCOUNT BOOKStraightforward
WAYS TO TRACK TRANSACTIONS OR EVENTS IN WRITING+ 3 more…
SEEN IN A BARNModerate
THINGS YOU'D FIND INSIDE A FARM BUILDING WITH HAY+ 3 more…
DETECTIVES OF KID-LITTricky
LAST NAMES OF YOUNG SLEUTHS FROM CHILDREN'S FICTION+ 3 more…
WORDS BEFORE “BED”Devious
THESE WORDS ALL PRECEDE A PLACE WHERE YOU SLEEP+ 3 more…
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Full solution
ACCOUNT BOOKStraightforward
LEDGER,LOG,RECORD,REGISTER

LEDGER, LOG, RECORD, and REGISTER are all words for a book used to track accounts, transactions, or data.

SEEN IN A BARNModerate
BALE,HORSE,PITCHFORK,TROUGH

BALE, HORSE, PITCHFORK, and TROUGH are all things commonly found in a barn on a farm.

DETECTIVES OF KID-LITTricky
BROWN,DREW,HARDY,HOLMES

BROWN (Encyclopedia Brown), DREW (Nancy Drew), HARDY (Hardy Boys), and HOLMES (Sherlock Holmes, also featured in kid-lit) are all fictional detectives from children's literature.

WORDS BEFORE “BED”Devious
CANOPY,DAY,MURPHY,WATER

CANOPY, DAY, MURPHY, and WATER all precede the word BED to form compound words: canopy bed, daybed, Murphy bed, and waterbed.

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