Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.
Happy puzzling! Four neat sets are waiting to click into place.
Hint 1: One word from each group
Each of these words belongs to a different group.
- Yellow (easiest): ATTRACTION
- Green: ATTACHMENT
- Blue: CURIOSITY
- Purple (hardest): COARSE
Hint 2: A nudge for each group
A gentle push toward each theme, easiest to hardest.
- That butterflies-in-the-stomach spark around someone special.
- Think of the pieces that frame a digital note.
- Red-planet explorers with legendary endurance.
- These match by ear, even when their spellings differ.
Hint 3: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Romantic Liking.
Hint 4: Green group theme
The green group is Components Of An Email.
Hint 5: Blue group theme
The blue group is Nasa Mars Rovers.
Hint 6: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Homophones Of Paths.
Show all four answers
Romantic Liking
ATTRACTION, CRUSH, FEELINGS, INTEREST
Components Of An Email
ATTACHMENT, BODY, SIGNATURE, SUBJECT
Nasa Mars Rovers
CURIOSITY, OPPORTUNITY, PERSEVERANCE, SPIRIT
Homophones Of Paths
COARSE, RODE, ROUT, WEIGH
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): Romantic Liking
- ATTRACTION: The tendency to attract.
- CRUSH: A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- FEELINGS: the fifth studio album by David Byrne, released on June 17, 1997.
- INTEREST: (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
Green: Components Of An Email
- ATTACHMENT: A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- BODY: Physical frame.
- SIGNATURE: A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such...
- SUBJECT: The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
Blue: Nasa Mars Rovers
- CURIOSITY: (uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or expl...
- OPPORTUNITY: A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- PERSEVERANCE: Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- SPIRIT: The soul of a person or other creature.
Purple (hardest): Homophones Of Paths
- COARSE: Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
- RODE: (nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.
- ROUT: (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorg...
- WEIGH: (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
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