Connections Answers
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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UTILITIES
These are common services or resources that homes and businesses need and pay for regularly. They are essential for daily life in the United States.
Individual words:
•ELECTRIC: This is power that makes lights work and runs appliances like TVs or refrigerators in your home. You pay a company for its use each month.
•GAS: This is a type of fuel, often natural gas, used for heating homes, cooking food on a stove, or sometimes drying clothes. It comes through pipes.
•TELEPHONE: This is a service that lets you talk to people far away. While cell phones are common now, a 'telephone utility' refers to the line connecting a home.
•WATER: This is the clean liquid that comes into your home through pipes. You use it for drinking, showering, flushing toilets, and washing dishes. It's a basic need.
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ADAPT TO FIT ONE'S NEEDS
These words all describe the act of changing, making, or adjusting something to perfectly suit a specific purpose, person, or need.
Individual words:
•FASHION: As a verb, to make or create something, often carefully, to fit a certain purpose or design. Like fashioning a tool from wood.
•MOLD: To give something a specific form or shape, especially soft material, using pressure or a container. Like molding clay into a figure.
•SHAPE: To make something into a particular form or outline. You can shape dough into a loaf of bread, or shape your ideas.
•TAILOR: To make or change something to fit a specific person, situation, or need perfectly. A tailor makes clothes fit; you tailor a plan.
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KINDS OF ANTS
These are all specific types or names of ants found in various parts of the world, including the US.
Individual words:
•ARMY: "Army" ants move in big groups, like soldiers, hunting other insects. They don't build permanent nests but march and hunt together.
•CARPENTER: "Carpenter" ants are named because they chew tunnels in wood, similar to how a carpenter works with wood. They can damage wooden houses.
•FIRE: "Fire" ants have a sting that feels very hot and painful, similar to a burn from fire. They are common in the southern US.
•PHARAOH: "Pharaoh" ants are tiny, yellowish ants often found inside houses, especially in warm places. Their name comes from ancient Egyptian kings.
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COPY___
These words each form a common compound word or phrase when you put "COPY" in front of them.
Individual words:
•CAT: A small, furry animal people often keep as a pet. When you say "copycat," it means someone who copies others exactly.
•PASTA: A popular Italian food, like spaghetti or macaroni. "Copypasta" is an internet term for text copied and pasted many times, often for jokes.
•RIGHT: A legal rule that gives a creator (like an artist or writer) the special power to control who can copy or use their work.
•WRITER: A person who creates text. A "copywriter" writes words for advertisements or marketing to help sell products or ideas.