Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.
Welcome in! Keep an eye out for familiar patterns, and don’t overthink the first pass.
Hint 1: One word from each group
Each of these words belongs to a different group.
- Yellow (easiest): PLACE
- Green: CHEST
- Blue: DECEMBERISTS
- Purple (hardest): ACRO
Hint 2: A nudge for each group
A gentle push toward each theme, easiest to hardest.
- They all suggest moving something to a chosen spot.
- Tailors ask for these before cutting fabric.
- Each is a music act name with one little extra word up front.
- Each comes from the opening bits of familiar newspaper-style games.
Hint 3: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Put.
Hint 4: Green group theme
The green group is Dress Shirt Measurements.
Hint 5: Blue group theme
The blue group is 2000s Indie Rock Bands, With "the".
Hint 6: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Starts Of Nyt Print Puzzles.
Show all four answers
Put
PLACE, POSITION, SITUATE, STICK
Dress Shirt Measurements
CHEST, NECK, SLEEVE, WAIST
2000s Indie Rock Bands, With "the"
DECEMBERISTS, NATIONAL, SHINS, WALKMEN
Starts Of Nyt Print Puzzles
ACRO, CROSS, KEN, SUD
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): Put
- PLACE: (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
- POSITION: A place or location.
- SITUATE: (transitive) To place on or into a physical location.
- STICK: An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
Green: Dress Shirt Measurements
- CHEST: (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in s...
- NECK: (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- SLEEVE: The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- WAIST: (anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
Blue: 2000s Indie Rock Bands, With "the"
- DECEMBERISTS
- NATIONAL: Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
- SHINS: The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- WALKMEN
Purple (hardest): Starts Of Nyt Print Puzzles
- ACRO: Combining acrobatic elements with something else.
- CROSS: A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them ...
- KEN: (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To know, perceive or understand.
- SUD: (informal) A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).
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