Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.
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Hint 1: One word from each group
Each of these words belongs to a different group.
- Yellow (easiest): BICUSPID
- Green: BROTHERLY
- Blue: FIEND
- Purple (hardest): DOGGY
Hint 2: A nudge for each group
A gentle push toward each theme, easiest to hardest.
- Think dental lineup, from front to back.
- From sibling care to one-sided yearning.
- These all describe someone who really can’t get enough.
- Each one starts slightly off from a wetter original.
Hint 3: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Kinds Of Teeth.
Hint 4: Green group theme
The green group is Kinds Of Love.
Hint 5: Blue group theme
The blue group is Enthusiast.
Hint 6: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Synonyms For "soaked" With First Letter Changed.
Show all four answers
Kinds Of Teeth
BICUSPID, CANINE, INCISOR, MOLAR
Kinds Of Love
BROTHERLY, PUPPY, SELF, UNREQUITED
Enthusiast
FIEND, HEAD, HOUND, LOVER
Synonyms For "soaked" With First Letter Changed
DOGGY, MATURATED, TRENCHED, TRIPPING
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 Teeth
- BICUSPID: A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
- CANINE: Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
- INCISOR: (anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cut...
- MOLAR: A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
Green: Kinds Of Love
- BROTHERLY: Of or characteristic of brothers.
- PUPPY: A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12, 18 months)
- SELF: One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
- UNREQUITED: (now chiefly of a feeling or emotion) Not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
Blue: Enthusiast
- FIEND: A very evil person.
- HEAD: (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- HOUND: A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- LOVER: One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or...
Purple (hardest): Synonyms For "soaked" With First Letter Changed
- DOGGY: (countable, childish or endearing) A dog, especially a small one.
- MATURATED: (transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
- TRENCHED: (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular ...
- TRIPPING: (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
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