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): BACK
- Green: INDEX
- Blue: COMMON
- Purple (hardest): NUMBER
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Finance.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Fingers.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Customary.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Prime ___.
Show all four answers
Finance
BACK, BANKROLL, FUND, SUPPORT
Fingers
INDEX, LITTLE, MIDDLE, RING
Customary
COMMON, ROUTINE, STANDARD, STOCK
Prime ___
NUMBER, REAL ESTATE, RIB, TIME
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): Finance
- BACK: At or near the rear.
- BANKROLL: (transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.
- FUND: A sum or source of money.
- SUPPORT: (transitive) To help keep from falling.
Green: Fingers
- INDEX: An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- LITTLE: Small in size.
- MIDDLE: A centre, midpoint.
- RING: (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
Blue: Customary
- COMMON: Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- ROUTINE: A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
- STANDARD: Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- STOCK: A store or supply.
Purple (hardest): Prime ___
- NUMBER: Quantity.
- REAL ESTATE: Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.
- RIB: (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from t...
- TIME: (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
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