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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.
Face meaning
The good character in wrestling.
Heel meaning
The villain character in wrestling.
Jobber meaning
A wrestler whose job is to lose matches.
Kayfabe meaning
The act of pretending staged wrestling events are real.
Mullet meaning
A popular 80s hairstyle.
Pike meaning
A single-leg wrestling move.
Sole meaning
The bottom of the foot or shoe.
Tang meaning
A reef-associated marine fish.
Arch meaning
The most extreme version of something.
Chief meaning
The person in charge.
Main meaning
A carbonated, mineral-infused water.
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Prime meaning
First in importance.
Beset meaning
To attack from all sides.
Deserve meaning
To be worthy (of something or someone).
Ex-love
A former partner.
Eyelet meaning
A hole in shoes used for thread laces.
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