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NYT Connections Hints for June 12, 2023 (#1)

Game

SNOW
LEVEL
SHIFT
KAYAK
HEAT
TAB
BUCKS
RETURN
JAZZ
HAIL
OPTION
RAIN
SLEET
RACECAR
MOM
NETS

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Types of Precipitation

HAIL
Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
RAIN
Moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
SLEET
Rain containing some ice, or snow melting as it falls.
SNOW
Atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.

Professional Basketball Teams

BUCKS
A team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
HEAT
A team based in Miami, Florida.
JAZZ
A team based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
NETS
A team based in Brooklyn, New York.

KEYBOARD KEYS

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Keys on a Computer Keyboard

OPTION
A key on Mac keyboards that provides alternate functions for other keys.
RETURN
A key that is used to execute a command or to move the cursor to the beginning of the next line.
SHIFT
A key used to type uppercase letters and other alternate characters.
TAB
A key used to insert a tab character or advance the cursor to the next tab stop.

Words or Phrases that Read the Same Backwards

KAYAK
A type of boat that is spelled the same forwards and backwards.
LEVEL
A word indicating a flat, even surface, and is a palindrome.
MOM
A term of address for one's mother, and is a palindrome.
RACECAR
A vehicle designed for racing, and is a palindrome.