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): BLANK CHECK
- Green: CARD SLOT
- Blue: ATM MACHINE
- Purple (hardest): COURT SCRIBE
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Unrestricted Permission.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Places To Insert Something Into On A Computer.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Abbreviations Followed By Redundant Word.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Ending With Ways To Carve A Surface.
Show all four answers
Unrestricted Permission
BLANK CHECK, CARTE BLANCHE, FREE REIN, FULL AUTHORITY
Places To Insert Something Into On A Computer
CARD SLOT, HEADPHONE JACK, OPTICAL DRIVE, USB PORT
Abbreviations Followed By Redundant Word
ATM MACHINE, LCD DISPLAY, PIN NUMBER, UPC CODE
Ending With Ways To Carve A Surface
COURT SCRIBE, DIRECTOR'S CUT, PIZZA SLICE, SAT SCORE
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): Unrestricted Permission
- BLANK CHECK: (literal) A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account, containing no information as to the amou...
- CARTE BLANCHE: Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority.
- FREE REIN: (figurative) The absence of constraints; freedom to act, decide, or speak.
- FULL AUTHORITY
Green: Places To Insert Something Into On A Computer
- CARD SLOT
- HEADPHONE JACK
- OPTICAL DRIVE: (computer hardware) A drive that reads optical media.
- USB PORT: (computing) A socket on a personal computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged.
Blue: Abbreviations Followed By Redundant Word
- ATM MACHINE: A pleonastic but common variant of ATM.
- LCD DISPLAY
- PIN NUMBER: A common pleonastic form of PIN (in the sense of "personal identification number").
- UPC CODE: Universal product code.
Purple (hardest): Ending With Ways To Carve A Surface
- COURT SCRIBE
- DIRECTOR'S CUT: (film) A specially edited version of a piece of media, especially a film, that is supposed to represent the director'...
- PIZZA SLICE
- SAT SCORE
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