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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — June 10, 2025

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Word grid

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

CHAIR
CHART
CHILL
CIVIC
CUSTOMS
HEAVY
IMAGE
JUDGE
JURY
MEDIATE
MODERATE
PSYCH
RADICAL
TABLE
TEXT BOX
WORD
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Themes

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

ARBITRATEStraightforward
THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENTModerate
'80S SLANGTricky
___ DUTYDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

ARBITRATEStraightforward
WAYS TO SETTLE A DISPUTE WITHOUT TAKING SIDES+ 3 more…
THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENTModerate
ELEMENTS YOU CAN EMBED WHEN EDITING A WORD DOCUMENT+ 3 more…
'80S SLANGTricky
SLANG TERMS THAT WERE TOTALLY TUBULAR IN THE '80S+ 3 more…
___ DUTYDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE 'DUTY' TO FORM COMMON PHRASES+ 3 more…
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Full solution
ARBITRATEStraightforward
CHAIR,JUDGE,MEDIATE,MODERATE

CHAIR, JUDGE, MEDIATE, and MODERATE all mean to arbitrate — to act as a neutral party resolving a conflict or overseeing a discussion.

THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENTModerate
CHART,IMAGE,TABLE,TEXT BOX

CHART, IMAGE, TABLE, and TEXT BOX are all objects you can insert into a document using tools like Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

'80S SLANGTricky
CHILL,PSYCH,RADICAL,WORD

CHILL, PSYCH, RADICAL, and WORD were all popular slang terms in the 1980s, used to express coolness, deception, excitement, or agreement.

___ DUTYDevious
CIVIC,CUSTOMS,HEAVY,JURY

CIVIC, CUSTOMS, HEAVY, and JURY all precede DUTY to form familiar compound phrases: civic duty, customs duty, heavy-duty, and jury duty.

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