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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — July 17, 2025

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Word grid

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

BIGGIE
CAMISOLE
CAPE COD
DRUM AND BASS
GLUE
HARD FEELINGS
MARIO WORLD
NOSE AROUND
PAC
POKE
POWER
PRY
SNOOP
SWEAT
WORRIES
WU-TANG
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Themes

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

MEDDLEStraightforward
WORDS AFTER “NO” TO MEAN “IT’S ALL GOOD”Moderate
SUPER ___Tricky
ENDING WITH FISHDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

MEDDLEStraightforward
THESE WORDS ALL MEAN TO INTERFERE OR STICK YOUR NOSE WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG+ 3 more…
WORDS AFTER “NO” TO MEAN “IT’S ALL GOOD”Moderate
FOLLOW 'NO' WITH THESE WORDS TO REASSURE SOMEONE EVERYTHING IS FINE+ 3 more…
SUPER ___Tricky
ADD 'SUPER' BEFORE EACH OF THESE TO GET SOMETHING FAMILIAR+ 3 more…
ENDING WITH FISHDevious
EACH OF THESE PHRASES OR WORDS BECOMES COMPLETE WHEN YOU ADD 'FISH' TO THE END+ 3 more…
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Full solution
MEDDLEStraightforward
NOSE AROUND,POKE,PRY,SNOOP

NOSE AROUND, POKE, PRY, and SNOOP all mean to meddle or intrude into others' business

WORDS AFTER “NO” TO MEAN “IT’S ALL GOOD”Moderate
BIGGIE,HARD FEELINGS,SWEAT,WORRIES

No BIGGIE, No HARD FEELINGS, No SWEAT, and No WORRIES are all phrases meaning 'it's all good' or 'don't worry about it'

SUPER ___Tricky
GLUE,MARIO WORLD,PAC,POWER

Super GLUE, Super MARIO WORLD, Super PAC, and Super POWER are all well-known compound words or phrases beginning with 'Super'

ENDING WITH FISHDevious
CAMISOLE,CAPE COD,DRUM AND BASS,WU-TANG

CAMISOLE fish, CAPE COD fish, DRUM AND BASS fish, WU-TANG fish — each ends with 'fish': camisolefish, Cape Codfish, drum and bassfish... actually SWORD, COD, BASS, and CLAN all precede fish: camisole→swordfish, Cape Cod→codfish, drum and bass→bassfish, Wu-Tang Clan→clanfish — the hidden words are SWORD, COD, BASS, and CLAN each followed by 'fish'

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