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While we are focused more on meanings than hints in this story, sometimes learning that many of the words have completely unrelated meanings is a clue in and of itself. Connections frequently includes clues that involve words within words and other visual clues.

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Bitter meaning

A sharp, potentially unpleasant taste.

Spice meaning

Substances used to add flavor to dishes.

Mean meaning

To be unkind.

Winter meaning

The coldest season of the year

Hammer meaning

A tool used to drive nails

Cone meaning

A cylindrical geographic shape with a round opening on one end and a point at the other.

Plane meaning

A woodworking tool uses to shave away wood.

Jet meaning

A type of airplane, or a focused stream of water.

Golden meaning

A particular color shade similar to gold.

Saw meaning

A tool used to cut something into multiple pieces.

Mist meaning

A finely diffused spray of water.

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Musk meaning

A distinctive odor.

Gilmore meaning

A name that could be either a first, middle, or last name.

Chisel meaning

A tool used to chip away materials.

Water meaning meaning

An important substance that covers the majority of the Earth.

Shower meaning

A device that is often used for cleaning people or animals.

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