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): BOOST
- Green: BOW TIE
- Blue: RIPLEY
- Purple (hardest): FINGERS
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Steal.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Pasta Shapes.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Fictional Toms.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Things That Can Be Snapped.
Show all four answers
Steal
BOOST, PALM, POCKET, SWIPE
Pasta Shapes
BOW TIE, ELBOW, SHELL, WAGON WHEEL
Fictional Toms
RIPLEY, SAWYER, SWIFT, THUMB
Things That Can Be Snapped
FINGERS, FOOTBALL, GLOW STICK, RUBBER BAND
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): Steal
- BOOST: Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
- PALM: The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases ...
- POCKET: (clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- SWIPE: (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's fing...
Green: Pasta Shapes
- BOW TIE: Alternative spelling of bowtie. [A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.]
- ELBOW: (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
- SHELL: A hard external covering of an animal.
- WAGON WHEEL: The wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.
Blue: Fictional Toms
- RIPLEY: A surname from Old English.
- SAWYER: One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- SWIFT: Fast; quick; rapid.
- THUMB: The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to...
Purple (hardest): Things That Can Be Snapped
- FINGERS: (anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
- FOOTBALL: A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
- GLOW STICK: A single-use translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances which when combined are capable of producing lig...
- RUBBER BAND: An elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).
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