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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.
Bleach meaning
To remove color or stains from an item or to make it lighter and whiter using chemical agents or sunlight.
Iron meaning
A device with a flat, heated metal base used to press wrinkles out of clothing and fabric.
Tumble dry meaning
Machine drying rather than line drying or laying flat to dry.
Wring meaning
To squeeze or twist something tightly, usually with both hands turned in opposite directions.
Doorstop meaning
A device or hardware accessory used to hold a door open or closed, or to limit how far a hinged door can swing.
Flatiron building meaning
A famous thin, triangular skyscraper in New York City.
Pie slice meaning
A triangular piece of a round, baked sweet dessert.
Wedge meaning
A triangular-shaped object that is used to split, lift, secure or divide materials.
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Loll meaning
To recline, sit, or hang in a relaxed, lazy or drooping manner.
Poke meaning
To quickly push, jab or prod someone or something with a finger, elbow or a pointed object like a stick.
Putter meaning
A specialized golf club with a flat, low-profile striking face designed to roll the ball smoothly along the grass into the cup from a short distance.
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Shuffle meaning
To jumble or change the order of items so they are in a random sequence.
Cracker meaning
A flat, dry, crisp biscuit or bread product made from wheat flour.
Fly meaning
To travel through the air using wings, or to operate/travel in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Wood meaning
A hard, fibrous natural material that makes up the trunks, branches and roots of trees and shrubs.
Works meaning
Operates, functions or performs a task.
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