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): CONSTITUTION
- Green: BACKUP
- Blue: FLATBED
- Purple (hardest): HOT ROD
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Composition.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Copy.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Kinds Of Trucks.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Ending In Parts Of The Eye.
Show all four answers
Composition
CONSTITUTION, FABRIC, MAKEUP, STRUCTURE
Copy
BACKUP, EXTRA, REPLACEMENT, SPARE
Kinds Of Trucks
FLATBED, PICKUP, SEMI, TANKER
Ending In Parts Of The Eye
HOT ROD, OSIRIS, TRAFFIC CONE, WOOLENS
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): Composition
- CONSTITUTION: (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other instit...
- FABRIC: A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
- MAKEUP: (countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
- STRUCTURE: A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
Green: Copy
- BACKUP: (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original...
- EXTRA: (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- REPLACEMENT: A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- SPARE: Extra.
Blue: Kinds Of Trucks
- FLATBED: An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
- PICKUP: The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- SEMI: (informal) A semifinal.
- TANKER: (nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
Purple (hardest): Ending In Parts Of The Eye
- HOT ROD: Typically a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster. The term may be used generically to apply to ...
- OSIRIS: (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
- TRAFFIC CONE: A cone-shaped marker, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily re...
- WOOLENS: (US) woolen clothes collectively
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