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): FABRICATION
- Green: CUP
- Blue: CAR AIR FRESHENER
- Purple (hardest): PLUTONIUM
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Quite The Saga.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Parts Of A Bra.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Associated With Pine Trees.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Starting With Disney Characters.
Show all four answers
Quite The Saga
FABRICATION, FISH STORY, TALL TALE, YARN
Parts Of A Bra
CUP, HOOK, STRAP, UNDERWIRE
Associated With Pine Trees
CAR AIR FRESHENER, CHRISTMAS, NEEDLES, TURPENTINE
Starting With Disney Characters
PLUTONIUM, SCAR TISSUE, STITCH MARKER, TRAMPOLINE
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): Quite The Saga
- FABRICATION: (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
- FISH STORY: An exaggerated or boastful story.
- TALL TALE: (idiomatic) A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a ...
- YARN: (uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
Green: Parts Of A Bra
- CUP: A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- HOOK: A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- STRAP: A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- UNDERWIRE: A semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.
Blue: Associated With Pine Trees
- CAR AIR FRESHENER
- CHRISTMAS: (originally Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Chr...
- NEEDLES: A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- TURPENTINE: A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a com...
Purple (hardest): Starting With Disney Characters
- PLUTONIUM: The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide met...
- SCAR TISSUE: (anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein collagen formed in ...
- STITCH MARKER
- TRAMPOLINE: A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually ...
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