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): BACON
- Green: HOBBY HORSE
- Blue: BANNER
- Purple (hardest): CANDY
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Kinds Of Strips.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Things On Sticks.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Online Ad Formats.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is ___ Bar.
Show all four answers
Kinds Of Strips
BACON, COMIC, FILM, MÖBIUS
Things On Sticks
HOBBY HORSE, PINWHEEL, POPSICLE, SPARKLER
Online Ad Formats
BANNER, INTERSTITIAL, OVERLAY, POP-UP
___ Bar
CANDY, SALAD, SPACE, SPORTS
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): Kinds Of Strips
- BACON: Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
- COMIC: Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
- FILM: (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give t...
- MÖBIUS
Green: Things On Sticks
- HOBBY HORSE: (figuratively) A topic that elicits a prolonged and enthusiastic discussion from an individual.
- PINWHEEL: An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small pap...
- POPSICLE: A Popsicle brand popsicle, a type of ice lolly.
- SPARKLER: A hand-held firework that emits sparks.
Blue: Online Ad Formats
- BANNER: Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- INTERSTITIAL: Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
- OVERLAY: (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- POP-UP: Operating or existing for a brief period only; temporary.
Purple (hardest): ___ Bar
- CANDY: (uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes art...
- SALAD: A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing s...
- SPACE: (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
- SPORTS: Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
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