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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.
Direct meaning
Expressing opinions clearly, plainly and without beating around the bush.
Frank meaning
Speaking or acting with sincerity and directness,
Open meaning
Not closed, blocked, sealed or covered
Vocal meaning
Relating to, produced by, or intended for the human voice or speech.
Driver meaning
A computer program that controls hardware.
Extension meaning
An extra part or allowance added to a main thing.
Plugin meaning
A software component that adds specific features to an existing program or platform without changing its core code
Update meaning
To bring something or someone up to date by adding the newest information, making it more modern or providing recent facts
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Double meaning
When a word, phrase or sentence can be understood in two distinct ways at the same time
Love meaning
A strong, deep emotional and mental state of affection, attraction or devotion toward a person, animal,or activity.
Phone meaning
An electronic device that lets two or more people talk to each other across a distance using wires or radio signals.
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Spinal meaning
Relating to, or affecting the spine.
Distance meaning
The numerical measurement of how far apart two objects, points or places are.
Force meaning
A push or a pull.
Power meaning
The ability, righto r political strength to govern, influence, or direct people, events or nations
Time meaning
The continuous progression of existence where events move forward from the past, through the present and into the future
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