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): THAT
- Green: ACCENT
- Blue: AGREE
- Purple (hardest): CAFE
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Demonstratives.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Embellishment.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Options On A Multiple Choice Survey.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Beverages With Acute Accents Removed.
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Demonstratives
THAT, THESE, THIS, THOSE
Embellishment
ACCENT, DETAIL, FLOURISH, TOUCH
Options On A Multiple Choice Survey
AGREE, DISAGREE, NEUTRAL, OTHER
Beverages With Acute Accents Removed
CAFE, PATRON, ROSE, THE
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): Demonstratives
- THAT: (degree) To a given extent or degree.
- THESE: To the degree or extent indicated.
- THIS: To the degree or extent indicated.
- THOSE: (degree) To a given extent or degree.
Green: Embellishment
- ACCENT: (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region,...
- DETAIL: An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- FLOURISH: (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- TOUCH: Primarily physical senses.
Blue: Options On A Multiple Choice Survey
- AGREE: (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more...
- DISAGREE: (intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
- NEUTRAL: (politics) Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- OTHER: See other (determiner) below.
Purple (hardest): Beverages With Acute Accents Removed
- CAFE: (South Africa) A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
- PATRON: A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
- ROSE: A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- THE: (with a superlative adjective) Beyond all others.
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