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): BEHOLD
- Green: FORTE
- Blue: PAGE
- Purple (hardest): CHAIN
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is "there You Have It!".
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Knack.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is What "p" Might Stand For.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Key ___.
Show all four answers
"there You Have It!"
BEHOLD, PRESTO, SHAZAM, VOILÀ
Knack
FORTE, GIFT, STRENGTH, TALENT
What "p" Might Stand For
PAGE, PARK, PHOSPHORUS, PIANO
Key ___
CHAIN, LARGO, LIME, SIGNATURE
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): "there You Have It!"
- BEHOLD: (transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
- PRESTO: (music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.
- SHAZAM: (neologism, uncommon, transitive) To identify the artist or the name of a song using the Shazam application.
- VOILÀ
Green: Knack
- FORTE: A strength or talent; a strong point.
- GIFT: Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
- STRENGTH: The quality or degree of being strong.
- TALENT: A marked natural ability or skill.
Blue: What "p" Might Stand For
- PAGE: One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- PARK: An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.
- PHOSPHORUS: (chemistry) A chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.
- PIANO: (music) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored ke...
Purple (hardest): Key ___
- CHAIN: A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- LARGO: (music) A very slow tempo.
- LIME: (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked...
- SIGNATURE: A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such...
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