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): ELECTRIC EEL
- Green: CHOKED UP
- Blue: ASH
- Purple (hardest): BROCK
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Electric Things.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Moved To Tears.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Shades Of Gray.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Music Genre Plus Starting Letter.
Show all four answers
Electric Things
ELECTRIC EEL, LIGHTNING, LIVE WIRE, PIKACHU
Moved To Tears
CHOKED UP, EMOTIONAL, MISTY, OVERCOME
Shades Of Gray
ASH, DOVE, PEWTER, SLATE
Music Genre Plus Starting Letter
BROCK, NEMO, SPUNK, WRAP
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): Electric Things
- ELECTRIC EEL: (strictly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of gene...
- LIGHTNING: A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or...
- LIVE WIRE: (electricity) An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
- PIKACHU: (video games, anime, manga) A small yellow rodent-like Pokémon that has red cheeks and a tail shaped like a lightning...
Green: Moved To Tears
- CHOKED UP
- EMOTIONAL: Of or relating to the emotions.
- MISTY: Covered in mist; foggy.
- OVERCOME: (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
Blue: Shades Of Gray
- ASH: Solid remains of a fire.
- DOVE: (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pig...
- PEWTER: An alloy of approximately 93, 98% tin and 1, 2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
- SLATE: (countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
Purple (hardest): Music Genre Plus Starting Letter
- BROCK: An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought...
- NEMO: (informal) a clownfish
- SPUNK: (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
- WRAP: (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
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