Get NYT Connections Hints for December 9, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #547, including word connections and hidden categories.
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RAY: Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, yet somehow still arrives late to illuminate your brilliant ideas.
Mental processes that involve careful examination
Ways to analyze and contemplate something thoroughly
Deliberation
MICROSCOPE: You use me to see tiny things, but have you ever wondered what tiny things are watching you?
Tools that can create or concentrate heat
Different ways to start a flame or focus light
Used in starting a fire
SLIDE: Life is like a slide - you climb up with effort just to come down with style.
Tools and materials for detailed observation
Essential components for studying tiny samples
Used to view a biological sample
SPECIMEN: You call me a specimen, but from my perspective, you're the one in the jar.
These words take on new meaning with 'X' before them
Think about computer graphics and mathematics
Words after βxβ
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Hint: Deliberation
Hint: Used in starting a fire
Hint: Used to view a biological sample
Hint: Words after βxβ