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): GOOD HEAVENS
- Green: CHANGE PURSE
- Blue: ARCTIC CHAR
- Purple (hardest): GLADIATOR SANDALS
Hint 2: A nudge for each group
A gentle push toward each theme, easiest to hardest.
- These sound like cartoonish bursts of surprise.
- A small swap up front alters the whole vibe.
- Each one wraps up with a classic kitchen word.
- Begin with a title from celebrated silver-screen champions.
Hint 3: Yellow (easiest) group theme
The yellow group is "gadzooks!".
Hint 4: Green group theme
The green group is Starting With Variations.
Hint 5: Blue group theme
The blue group is Ending In Ways To Cook Things.
Hint 6: Purple (hardest) group theme
The purple group is Starting With Best Picture Oscar Winners.
Show all four answers
"gadzooks!"
GOOD HEAVENS, GREAT SCOTT, HOLY SMOKES, JIMINY CRICKET
Starting With Variations
CHANGE PURSE, FLUX CAPACITOR, SHIFT DRESS, SWING SET
Ending In Ways To Cook Things
ARCTIC CHAR, COMEDY ROAST, DOC BROWN, YOU'RE TOAST
Starting With Best Picture Oscar Winners
GLADIATOR SANDALS, MARTY MCFLY, MOONLIGHT SONATA, ROCKY ROAD
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): "gadzooks!"
- GOOD HEAVENS: an ABC comedy anthology series produced by Columbia Pictures Television that aired between February 29 and June 26, 1...
- GREAT SCOTT: "Great Scott!" is an interjection of surprise, amazement, or dismay.
- HOLY SMOKES
- JIMINY CRICKET: the Disney version of the Talking Cricket, a fictional character created by Italian writer Carlo Collodi for his 1883...
Green: Starting With Variations
- CHANGE PURSE: (chiefly Canada, US) A small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins.
- FLUX CAPACITOR
- SHIFT DRESS: A loose fitting dress that falls between midthigh and the knee.
- SWING SET: Alternative form of swingset. [A set of swings (hanging seats for children) attached to a frame.]
Blue: Ending In Ways To Cook Things
- ARCTIC CHAR: A saibling (Salvelinus alpinus).
- COMEDY ROAST
- DOC BROWN
- YOU'RE TOAST
Purple (hardest): Starting With Best Picture Oscar Winners
- GLADIATOR SANDALS
- MARTY MCFLY
- MOONLIGHT SONATA: Moonlight Sonata is the 2nd EP and the final release from American progressive metal band The Human Abstract.
- ROCKY ROAD: Any of several forms of candy containing lumps of chocolate, marshmallows and nuts.
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