Issue #193 Thu 21 Dec
Connections hints — December 21, 2023
A steady rhythm to the morning grid today. The board presents a few points of friction, but clear paths emerge once you step back from the individual squares.
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Yellow group
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
Household utility items
Synonyms for functional objects
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters D, H, I, W.
SEEN IN A LAUNDRY ROOM
One is DRYER.
DRYER · HAMPER · IRON · WASHER
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Green group
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Verbs of motion control
Action-oriented synonyms
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters D, G, L, S.
SHEPHERD
One is DIRECT.
DIRECT · GUIDE · LEAD · STEER
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Blue group
Whatever you set the night before is what gets you up — for better or worse.
Linguistic associations
Shared symbolic representation
Members are 3–6 letters; first letters I, M, O.
WHAT “I” MIGHT MEAN
One is IODINE.
IODINE · IOTA · MYSELF · ONE
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Violet group
Look at a rooster. Look closely.
Geographic and conceptual locations
Common word suffixes
Members are 5–7 letters; first letters D, H, S, U.
___ VALLEY
One is DEATH.
DEATH · HIDDEN · SILICON · UNCANNY