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): CAN OPENER
- Green: ELBOW GREASE
- Blue: BROAD BEAN
- Purple (hardest): DIET SPRITE
Hint 2: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Starting With Terms For "toilet".
Hint 3: Green group theme
The green group is Ending In Musicals.
Hint 4: Blue group theme
The blue group is Starting With U.s. Museums.
Hint 5: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Ending In Fantasy Creatures.
Show all four answers
Starting With Terms For "toilet"
CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS
Ending In Musicals
ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED
Starting With U.s. Museums
BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY HOUSTON
Ending In Fantasy Creatures
DIET SPRITE, MERV GRIFFIN, NY GIANT, RIVER PHOENIX
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): Starting With Terms For "toilet"
- CAN OPENER: A device used to open tin cans, usually by slicing the lid off.
- HEAD WAITER
- JOHN DENVER: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943, October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an Ameri...
- W.C. FIELDS
Green: Ending In Musicals
- ELBOW GREASE: (idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.
- FAT CATS: Alternative form of fat cat. [(slang, originally) A rich person who contributes to a political campaign.]
- LINDA HAMILTON
- SOMETHING WICKED
Blue: Starting With U.s. Museums
- BROAD BEAN: An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba).
- GETTY IMAGES
- MET HALFWAY
- WHITNEY HOUSTON: Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963, February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, and film producer.
Purple (hardest): Ending In Fantasy Creatures
- DIET SPRITE
- MERV GRIFFIN: Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925, August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.
- NY GIANT
- RIVER PHOENIX: River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970, October 31, 1993) was an American actor.
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