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): GYMNASIUM
- Green: AERATOR
- Blue: CADBURY
- Purple (hardest): ALIAS
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Exercise Facilities.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Wine Accessories.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Brands With Bunny Rabbit Mascots.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Words On An Old West Wanted Poster.
Show all four answers
Exercise Facilities
GYMNASIUM, HEALTH CLUB, REC CENTER, YMCA
Wine Accessories
AERATOR, CORKSCREW, DECANTER, STOPPER
Brands With Bunny Rabbit Mascots
CADBURY, ENERGIZER, PLAYBOY, TRIX
Words On An Old West Wanted Poster
ALIAS, OUTLAW, REWARD, WANTED
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): Exercise Facilities
- GYMNASIUM: (formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
- HEALTH CLUB: A facility with exercise equipment, and sometimes instructors, open to the public or those on some membership list.
- REC CENTER
- YMCA: (preceded by definite article) A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C,...
Green: Wine Accessories
- AERATOR: A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.
- CORKSCREW: An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a ...
- DECANTER: A vessel for decanting liquor.
- STOPPER: Someone or something that stops something.
Blue: Brands With Bunny Rabbit Mascots
- CADBURY: A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9104).
- ENERGIZER: A person who, or a thing which, energizes.
- PLAYBOY: A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without ...
- TRIX: A female given name, variant of Trixie.
Purple (hardest): Words On An Old West Wanted Poster
- ALIAS: Another name; especially, an assumed name.
- OUTLAW: A fugitive from the law.
- REWARD: Something of value given in return for an act.
- WANTED: Wished for; desired; sought.
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