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Hints for Connections game #649
The 16 words on the board were COMPASS, ICON, SOAP, WORLD, LEGEND, EXAM, STENCIL, CHART, SCENE, RULER, MITZVAH, CIRCLE, GREAT, SPHERE, LION, and T-SQUARE.
- One group describes a setting or surrounding environment.
- One group contains words associated with notable or celebrated figures.
- One group consists of tools used in architectural drawing.
- For the last group, pair each word with “bar” to form a familiar phrase.
Spoiler warning: the full answers
The category names and complete word groupings follow.
MILIEU
CIRCLE, SCENE, SPHERE, WORLD.
LUMINARY
GREAT, ICON, LEGEND, LION.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING TOOLS
COMPASS, RULER, STENCIL, T-SQUARE.
BAR ___
CHART, EXAM, MITZVAH, SOAP.
How the groups fit
“Milieu” means a person’s surroundings or social environment, which connects CIRCLE, SCENE, SPHERE, and WORLD. GREAT, ICON, LEGEND, and LION are all terms for or associated with a luminary. COMPASS, RULER, STENCIL, and T-SQUARE are architectural drawing tools. The final four complete the phrases bar chart, bar exam, bar mitzvah, and bar of soap.
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LION belongs with GREAT, ICON, and LEGEND—not with the BAR ___ group.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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