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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.
Duck Duck Goose meaning
A traditional children’s circle game.
Hot Potato meaning
A controversial, difficult or problematic issue that no one wants to deal with..
Leapfrog meaning
A traditional children’s game in which one player crouches or bends over at the waist, and others take turns hopping over their back.
Musical Chairs meaning
A party game where players walk or march around a row or circle of chairs while music plays.
Alpha dog meaning
The dominant leader or highest-ranking animal in a dog or wolf pack.
Big cheese meaning
An important, influential person who holds power, authority,or a top leadership position in an organization or company.
Heavyweight meaning
Someone or something of above-average weight.
Top banana meaning
The most important, powerful or leading person in a group, organization or activity
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American Gothic meaning
A 1930s oil painting of a Midwestern farmer holding a pitchfork and his unmarried grown daughter.
Campbell’s Soup Can meaning
A series of 32 paintings produced by American artist Andy Warhol.
Sunflowers meaning
A tall, annual flowering plant in the daisy family, famous for its large, bright yellow flower heads and edible seeds.
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The Scream meaning
An iconic 1893 proto-expressionist painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
English horn meaning
A double-reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family.
Grape-nuts meaning
A classic American breakfast cereal made from whole grain wheat.
Mantis shrimp meaning
Carnivorous marine crustaceans.
Sweetbread meaning
A culinary name for the thymus or pancreas.
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