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): KEYS
- Green: AGE VERIFICATION
- Blue: CONDENSED MILK
- Purple (hardest): BITCOIN
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Things You Grab Before Leaving The House.
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Website Hurdles.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Things That Come In Cans.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Ending In Synonyms For "term".
Show all four answers
Things You Grab Before Leaving The House
KEYS, PHONE, SUNGLASSES, WALLET
Website Hurdles
AGE VERIFICATION, CAPTCHA, COOKIE CONSENT, PAYWALL
Things That Come In Cans
CONDENSED MILK, PAINT, SHAVING CREAM, SPAM
Ending In Synonyms For "term"
BITCOIN, RECORD LABEL, RUB-A-DUB, SURINAME
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): Things You Grab Before Leaving The House
- KEYS: (music) keyboard
- PHONE: A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable un...
- SUNGLASSES: Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.
- WALLET: (US, UK) A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards...
Green: Website Hurdles
- AGE VERIFICATION
- CAPTCHA: (computing, Internet) A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automa...
- COOKIE CONSENT
- PAYWALL: (informal, computing) A system that restricts access to content with a purchase or a paid subscription.
Blue: Things That Come In Cans
- CONDENSED MILK: Milk that has been reduced and sweetened to the consistency of syrup.
- PAINT: A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an o...
- SHAVING CREAM: A substance, usually a foam or gel, that is applied to the face or wherever else hair grows, to provide lubrication a...
- SPAM: (uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
Purple (hardest): Ending In Synonyms For "term"
- BITCOIN: (uncountable, computing, finance) A decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.
- RECORD LABEL: (by extension) The record company itself, as identified by its logo.
- RUB-A-DUB: Alternative form of rubadub. [The sound of a drum being continuously beaten.]
- SURINAME: A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.
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