Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.
Hint 1: One word from each group
Each of these words belongs to a different group.
- Yellow (easiest): CHISEL
- Green: BITTER
- Blue: CONE
- Purple (hardest): GILMORE
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Carpentry Tools.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Kinds Of Melon.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Garden Hose Settings.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is ___ Girls Of Pop Culture.
Show all four answers
Carpentry Tools
CHISEL, HAMMER, PLANE, SAW
Kinds Of Melon
BITTER, MUSK, WATER, WINTER
Garden Hose Settings
CONE, JET, MIST, SHOWER
___ Girls Of Pop Culture
GILMORE, GOLDEN, MEAN, SPICE
About this puzzle
- Edited by Wyna Liu
- Groups are listed from easiest (yellow) to hardest (purple).
Connections deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Why each word belongs in its group, with a short dictionary meaning where one exists.
Yellow (easiest): Carpentry Tools
- CHISEL: A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is ag...
- HAMMER: A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- PLANE: An airplane; an aeroplane.
- SAW: A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
Green: Kinds Of Melon
- BITTER: Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- MUSK: A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufactu...
- WATER: A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
- WINTER: Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter sol...
Blue: Garden Hose Settings
- CONE: Anything in the general shape of a cone.
- JET: (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
- MIST: (countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
- SHOWER: A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipita...
Purple (hardest): ___ Girls Of Pop Culture
- GILMORE: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- GOLDEN: Made of, or relating to, gold.
- MEAN: To intend.
- SPICE: (countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
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