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So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #609?

New York Times Connections puzzle 609 on February 9, 2025

I scooped up Pot, Ladle, and Spoon shortly thereafter.

Next came the easiest category with some larger-than-life synonyms like Giant, Jumbo, Monster, and Super.

but Occam’s Razor struck again for today’s purple category with Alien, Avatar, Dune and Tron.

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That left Individual, Party, Character and Person to round out the blue category.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

Then I snagged later, now, soon and then which ended up being the blue category.

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I did struggle here trying to figure out where pucker was supposed to go.

It was not clicking.

Staring at ruffle I was thinking chips which made fast food click.

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Junk, soul and finger followed.

Finally, got the green category at the end with bunch, gather, pucker and ruffle.

Pucker refers to sewing with too much tension.

Switch 2 and Mario

This creates bunches along the seam of the fabric, or so the internet tells me

Switch 2 console and accessories

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

NYT Strands on a cellphone

Green skull on smartphone screen.

iPhone X in hand

Michael B. Jordan as Stack and Smoke in "Sinners" movie

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