Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.
Welcome in, and take your time. A few tidy patterns are hiding here.
Hint 1: One word from each group
Each of these words belongs to a different group.
- Yellow (easiest): ACTINIUM
- Green: AIR CONDITIONER
- Blue: ATLANTIC CITY
- Purple (hardest): ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Hint 2: A nudge for each group
A gentle push toward each theme, easiest to hardest.
- Think periodic table, not kitchen shelf.
- Look for things that jut from a home’s outside.
- These are iconic rock tracks from one legend.
- Each one finishes with a word meaning this instant.
Hint 3: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Chemical Elements.
Hint 4: Green group theme
The green group is What You Might See Sticking Out Of A Window.
Hint 5: Blue group theme
The blue group is Bruce Springsteen Classics.
Hint 6: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Ending In Synonyms For "happening Now".
Show all four answers
Chemical Elements
ACTINIUM, KRYPTON, LEAD, SULFUR
What You Might See Sticking Out Of A Window
AIR CONDITIONER, CATIO, CLOTHESLINE, FLOWER BOX
Bruce Springsteen Classics
ATLANTIC CITY, BADLANDS, BORN TO RUN, THUNDER ROAD
Ending In Synonyms For "happening Now"
ADULT CONTEMPORARY, ALTERNATING CURRENT, REPRESENT, SEXTANT
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): Chemical Elements
- ACTINIUM: A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.
- KRYPTON: (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas t...
- LEAD: (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both ma...
- SULFUR: (uncountable) A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used c...
Green: What You Might See Sticking Out Of A Window
- AIR CONDITIONER: A machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space.
- CATIO: An outdoor enclosure for cats.
- CLOTHESLINE: A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
- FLOWER BOX: A container in which flowers or plants are grown, usually affixed outside just below a window.
Blue: Bruce Springsteen Classics
- ATLANTIC CITY: A resort city on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
- BADLANDS: (geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
- BORN TO RUN
- THUNDER ROAD
Purple (hardest): Ending In Synonyms For "happening Now"
- ADULT CONTEMPORARY: A category of music including soft rock, ballads, easy listening, soul, and rhythm and blues.
- ALTERNATING CURRENT: (physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.
- REPRESENT: (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- SEXTANT: (nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longi...
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