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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.
Guitar meaning
A stringed musical instrument that typically has six strings and is played by plucking, striking, or strumming the strings with the fingers or a pick.
Marionette meaning
A small-scale, jointed figure that is suspended and operated from above using strings, wires and a hand-held controller.
Tassel meaning
A hanging ornament made from a bundle of cords, threads or ropes fastened tightly at one end and left loose at the other.
Tennis racket meaning
A piece of sporting equipment used to strike a tennis ball during a match or practice.
Gnarly meaning
A situation or problem is hard to deal with, perilous or gross.
Killer meaning
A person, animal or thing that causes death or destruction.
Sick meaning
Affected by physical or mental illness, nausea or general impairment.
Wicked meaning
Morally very bad, evil or sinful.
Dirty meaning
Not clean, or marked with substances like mud, dust, grime or bacteria
Dry meaning
Free, or nearly free, from water, liquid or moisture.
Shaken meaning
Shocked and upset by an unpleasant experience:
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Up meaning
Moving or pointing toward a higher physical spot, level or value.
Downfall meaning
A sudden loss of power, status, success or reputation, or the specific thing, event or person that causes that destruction.
Shakespeare meaning
English poet, playwright and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.
Sitcom meaning
A television or radio series that centers on a recurring cast of characters as they navigate humorous, everyday situations within a consistent setting.
Staycation meaning
A vacation that you take at home or near your home rather than traveling to another place.
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