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Friday, June 20, 2025

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — June 20, 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.

BUTTON
FILM
HITMAN
MUSEUM
NEEDLE
PAPER
POETIC
RECORD
ROCK
SCISSORS
SEAL
SHOOT
SNAKE
TAPE
THREAD
UNDERTAKER
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Themes

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

ITEMS IN A SEWING KITStraightforward
CAPTURE ON VIDEOModerate
PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH “THE”Tricky
WAX ___Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

ITEMS IN A SEWING KITStraightforward
THINGS YOU'D FIND IN A SMALL PORTABLE SEWING BOX+ 3 more…
CAPTURE ON VIDEOModerate
WAYS TO PRESERVE A MOMENT ON CAMERA+ 3 more…
PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH “THE”Tricky
THESE WRESTLING LEGENDS ALL GO BY 'THE ___'+ 3 more…
WAX ___Devious
WORDS THAT FOLLOW 'WAX' TO MAKE A COMMON PHRASE+ 3 more…
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Full solution
ITEMS IN A SEWING KITStraightforward
BUTTON,NEEDLE,SCISSORS,THREAD

BUTTON, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, and THREAD are all classic items found in a sewing kit

CAPTURE ON VIDEOModerate
FILM,RECORD,SHOOT,TAPE

FILM, RECORD, SHOOT, and TAPE all mean to capture something on video

PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH “THE”Tricky
HITMAN,ROCK,SNAKE,UNDERTAKER

HITMAN (Bret Hart), ROCK (Dwayne Johnson), SNAKE (Jake Roberts), and UNDERTAKER are all famous pro wrestlers known as 'The ___'

WAX ___Devious
MUSEUM,PAPER,POETIC,SEAL

WAX MUSEUM, WAX PAPER, WAX POETIC, and WAX SEAL are all common compound phrases beginning with WAX

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