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): MULLET
- Green: ARCH
- Blue: FACE
- Purple (hardest): BESET
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Fish.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Principal.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Pro-wrestling Lingo.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Letter Homophone Plus Tennis Term.
Show all four answers
Fish
MULLET, PIKE, SOLE, TANG
Principal
ARCH, CHIEF, MAIN, PRIME
Pro-wrestling Lingo
FACE, HEEL, JOBBER, KAYFABE
Letter Homophone Plus Tennis Term
BESET, DESERVE, EX-LOVE, EYELET
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): Fish
- MULLET: A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
- PIKE: Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- SOLE: Only.
- TANG: A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
Green: Principal
- ARCH: (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- CHIEF: The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- MAIN: Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- PRIME: First in importance, degree, or rank.
Blue: Pro-wrestling Lingo
- FACE: (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surroun...
- HEEL: (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- JOBBER: (US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from br...
- KAYFABE: (professional wrestling) The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as aut...
Purple (hardest): Letter Homophone Plus Tennis Term
- BESET: (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
- DESERVE: (transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
- EX-LOVE
- EYELET: An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, ...
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