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In Connections, players examine a grid of 16 words and arrange them into four groups of four related terms. The challenge lies in overlapping categories designed to mislead participants.
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Today's puzzle features a prominent red herring involving a well-known British spy franchise, dispersing related terms across different categories.
Puzzle Clues
Here are four clues for today's groupings, ordered from the straightforward yellow category to the complex purple category.
Yellow group hint: Wall Street.
Green group hint: Shake it up!
Blue group hint: You dirty rat!
Purple group hint: Think calendar words.
Group Solutions
Yellow group: Securities.
Green group: Things that are shaken (not stirred).
Blue group: Gangster movies.
Purple group: Starting with month abbreviations.
Yellow Category
The theme is securities.
The four answers are bond, future, option, and stock.
Green Category
The theme is things that are shaken (not stirred).
The four answers are Etch-a-Sketch, martini, spray paint, and tambourine.
Blue Category
The theme is gangster movies.
The four answers are Bugsy, Casino, Donnie Brasco, and Scarface.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starting with month abbreviations.
The four answers are decent, novelty, Octopussy, and septum.
Notable Past Puzzles
Several previous puzzles stand out for their tricky categorizations.
Puzzle #5 featured "things you can set," such as mood, record, table, and volleyball.
Puzzle #4 included "one in a dozen," such as egg, juror, month, and rose.
Puzzle #3 featured "streets on screen," such as Elm, Fear, Jump, and Sesame.
Puzzle #2 included "power ___" such as nap, plant, Ranger, and trip.
Puzzle #1 featured "things that can run," such as candidate, faucet, mascara, and nose.
