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Connections #441 hints
Try the clues in order, stopping when you have enough to find the groups. They move from a broad nudge toward the category idea.
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- One group describes being very angry.
- One group is about a person’s place, level, or reputation.
- One group consists of words represented by the letters in an indoor climate-control acronym.
- One group contains activities that involve folding.
The 16 words in the August 25, 2024 grid
STEAMING · POKER · AIR · BAKING · LAUNDRY · RANKING · BOILING · STATION · HEATING · ORIGAMI · POSITION · FUMING · STANDING · VENTILATION · LIVID · CONDITIONING
Full answers for Connections #441
Spoilers below: the four categories and their words are revealed here.
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Yellow — HOPPING MAD
BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMING. Each word can describe being very angry.
Green — STATUS
POSITION, RANKING, STANDING, STATION. Each can refer to someone’s place, level, or standing.
Blue — words that make up “HVAC”
AIR, CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATION. Together, the four words correspond to the letters in HVAC.
Purple — activities that involve folding
BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER. The link is the activity-specific meaning of folding.
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The puzzle uses four different kinds of connection: anger-related synonyms, terms for status, the words represented by HVAC, and activities associated with folding. The last group is the least literal at first glance: folding means different things in baking, laundry, origami, and poker.
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