Today's Connections has four hidden groups of four. Start with a gentle nudge and only open more if you need it.
Good luck today! A few paths are sneakier than they first appear.
Hint 1: One word from each group
Each of these words belongs to a different group.
- Yellow (easiest): PARKING METER
- Green: ANTARCTICA
- Blue: GOTHIC
- Purple (hardest): CALICO
Hint 2: A nudge for each group
A gentle push toward each theme, easiest to hardest.
- Little drop spots for spare change, some practical, some a bit magical.
- Icy home, fancy outfit, a famous kind, and a funny walk.
- Look at the final names of familiar letter families.
- Classic trios with exactly three hues, often instantly recognizable.
Hint 3: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is Things You Put Coins Into.
Hint 4: Green group theme
The green group is Associated With Penguins.
Hint 5: Blue group theme
The blue group is Ends Of Famous Fonts.
Hint 6: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Things That Feature Three Colors.
Show all four answers
Things You Put Coins Into
PARKING METER, PAYPHONE, PIGGY BANK, WISHING WELL
Associated With Penguins
ANTARCTICA, EMPEROR, TUXEDO, WADDLE
Ends Of Famous Fonts
GOTHIC, ROMAN, SANS, TYPEWRITER
Things That Feature Three Colors
CALICO, CANDY CORN, NEAPOLITAN, TRAFFIC LIGHT
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 Put Coins Into
- PARKING METER: A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specifi...
- PAYPHONE: A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
- PIGGY BANK: A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.
- WISHING WELL: A well where, traditionally, wishes were thought to be granted, especially if coins were dropped into the water.
Green: Associated With Penguins
- ANTARCTICA: The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
- EMPEROR: The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- TUXEDO: The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
- WADDLE: (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
Blue: Ends Of Famous Fonts
- GOTHIC: (architecture) Of or relating to the architectural style favored in Western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries, wit...
- ROMAN: (of type, typography) Upright, as opposed to italic.
- SANS: (typography) Ellipsis of sans serif. [(typography) Of a typeface, without serifs.]
- TYPEWRITER: A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through ...
Purple (hardest): Things That Feature Three Colors
- CALICO: (textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pat...
- CANDY CORN: (US, Canada) A confection of sugar and corn syrup or honey, supposed to resemble a kernel of maize; typically colored...
- NEAPOLITAN: Designating an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry in order. (Until the mid-20th...
- TRAFFIC LIGHT: A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to driv...
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