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Connections July 11, 2025
- 🟡 TRADEMARKS THAT HAVE BECOME VERBS: GOOGLE, PHOTOSHOP, UBER, ZOOM
- 🟢 SILLY PERSON: DODO, GOOF, GOOSE, YAHOO
- 🔵 KINDS OF SONGS: FOLK, LOVE, SIREN, SWAN
- 🟣 HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “DESPICABLE”: FOWL, MIEN, OFFAL, VIAL
Connections July 10, 2025
- 🟡 PARTS OF A WHEEL: HUB, RIM, SPOKE, TIRE
- 🟢 MILITARY CLOTHING DESCRIPTORS: CAMO, DRAB, FATIGUE, KHAKI
- 🔵 USED IN VENTILATION: DUCT, EXHAUST, HOSE, PIPE
- 🟣 FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AS AN OPPORTUNITY: BLOW, LOSE, MISS, WASTE
Connections July 9, 2025
- 🟡 LOWEST PART: BASE, BOTTOM, FOOT, FOUNDATION
- 🟢 KINDS OF SOCKS: ANKLE, COMPRESSION, CREW, DRESS
- 🔵 THINGS YOU DO AT SOMEONE'S FRONT DOOR: BUZZ, KNOCK, RING, SHOUT
- 🟣 ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "CLIP": COMPARE, CONNECTICUT, PARSNIP, WALLOP
Connections July 8, 2025
- 🟡 LIAISON: AFFAIR, FLING, RELATIONS, THING
- 🟢 SEEN IN A LOCKER ROOM: BENCH, LOCKER, MIRROR, SCALE
- 🔵 SOMETHING ENTERED FOR ACCESS: CODE, KEY, PASSWORD, PIN
- 🟣 JOHNS: CANDY, CARPENTER, LEGEND, MAJOR
Connections July 7, 2025
- 🟡 INFORMANT: CANARY, LEAK, RAT, SOURCE
- 🟢 BIG IMPRESSION: FOOTPRINT, IMPACT, MARK, SPLASH
- 🔵 BASKETBALL MOVES: BLOCK, DRIBBLE, PASS, SHOOT
- 🟣 TOP ___: BANANA, DOG, HAT, SECRET
Connections July 6, 2025
- 🟡 FIRED OBJECTS: CERAMICS, CHINA, POTTERY, WARE
- 🟢 PARTICLE: CRUMB, GRAIN, MORSEL, SHRED
- 🔵 DRS: DRE, EVIL, PEPPER, SEUSS
- 🟣 ENDING WITH HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE LEG: CRYPTO, DECAF, DISNEY, PRUSSIAN
Connections July 5, 2025
- 🟡 CON GAME: HUSTLE, RACKET, SCHEME, STING
- 🟢 COMBINE, AS BAKING INGREDIENTS: BEAT, BLEND, FOLD, STIR
- 🔵 YEARN: BURN, ITCH, LONG, PINE
- 🟣 KINDS OF LISTS: BUCKET, LAUNDRY, SHORT, TO-DO
Connections July 4, 2025
- 🟡 WHAT “ID” MIGHT REFER TO: FREUDIAN CONCEPT, IDAHO, DRIVER LICENSE, RECOGNIZE
- 🟢 WHAT “IN” MIGHT REFER TO: INCH, INDIANA, INSIDE, TRENDY
- 🔵 WHAT “LA” MIGHT REFER TO: LANTHANUM, LOS ANGELES, LOUISIANA, MUSICAL NOTE
- 🟣 WHAT “OK” MIGHT REFER TO: BRITISH MAGAZINE, GREENLIGHT, MEDIOCRE, OKLAHOMA
Connections July 3, 2025
- 🟡 CORRESPONDENCE: CONTACT, DEALINGS, EXCHANGE, INTERACTION
- 🟢 AIRPORT BOARD INFO: ARRIVAL, DESTINATION, FLIGHT, GATE
- 🔵 PRO ATHLETE DATA: COLLEGE, NUMBER, POSITION, TEAM
- 🟣 FARMERS’ THINGS: ALMANAC, INSURANCE, MARKET, TAN
Connections July 2, 2025
- 🟡 KNOCKOFF: BOOTLEG, COPY, FAKE, REPLICA
- 🟢 ASSOCIATED WITH FREUD: DREAMS, ID, OEDIPUS, SLIP
- 🔵 WORDS AFTER “T-”: MOBILE, PAIN, REX, SHIRT
- 🟣 STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONS: FRESHWATER, JUNIPER, SENECA, SOPHOCLES
Connections July 1, 2025
- 🟡 STEAL: NICK, PALM, PINCH, POCKET
- 🟢 DO SOME GROOMING: BRUSH, DRESS, SHAVE, SHOWER
- 🔵 DAPPER: NEAT, SHARP, SMART, TIDY
- 🟣 ___STONE: BIRTH, KEY, MILE, TOUCH
Connections June 30, 2025
- 🟡 DENTAL ADDITIONS: BRIDGE, CROWN, FILLING, VENEER
- 🟢 METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT: CIRCUS, ROLLER COASTER, SOAP OPERA, WHIRLWIND
- 🔵 SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES: DRIVE, HIGHWAY, PEAKS, VELVET
- 🟣 WHAT “JET” MIGHT REFER TO: AIRPLANE, BLACK, HOT TUB NOZZLE, NFL PLAYER
Connections June 29, 2025
- 🟡 ICE CREAM TREATS: FLOAT, SHAKE, SPLIT, SUNDAE
- 🟢 FLINCH: BOLT, JERK, JUMP, STARTLE
- 🔵 DANCE MOVES: CABBAGE PATCH, FLOSS, MOONWALK, ROBOT
- 🟣 SEEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A RAINSTORM: EARTHWORM, MUD, MUSHROOM, PUDDLE
Connections June 28, 2025
- 🟡 THINGS A DOG CAN FETCH: BALL, BONE, FRISBEE, STICK
- 🟢 GREAT MANY: DROVE, HOST, LOAD, SCORE
- 🔵 POSSIBLE RESULTS OF A TRAFFIC VIOLATION: BOOT, POINTS, TICKET, TOW
- 🟣 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INVENTORS: BELL, DIESEL, SINGER, WATT
Connections June 27, 2025
- 🟡 IN FASHION: CHIC, CURRENT, FRESH, HAPPENING
- 🟢 PARTS OF AN ANGEL COSTUME: HALO, HARP, ROBE, WINGS
- 🔵 “SESAME STREET” FIGURES: BIRD, COUNT, GROUCH, MONSTER
- 🟣 ___ BROTHERS: BLOOD, BLUES, CHEMICAL, MARX
Connections June 26, 2025
- 🟡 COMPONENTS OF A SALAD: CHEESE, DRESSING, LETTUCE, PROTEIN
- 🟢 KINDS OF MACHINES: ENIGMA, PINBALL, SEWING, VENDING
- 🔵 LEGAL DRAMAS: DAMAGES, GOLIATH, MATLOCK, SUITS
- 🟣 ENDING WITH PLAYING CARDS: BOJACK, HAWKING, LOVELACE, MCQUEEN
Connections June 25, 2025
- 🟡 KINDS OF CHEESES: BLUE, GOAT, JACK, SWISS
- 🟢 BEVERAGE SELF-SERVICE ITEMS: CUP, LID, NAPKIN, STRAW
- 🔵 WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS: CHISEL, PLANE, RASP, SAW
- 🟣 BIRDS MINUS LAST LETTER: CRAN, FLAMING, HERO, RAVE
Connections June 24, 2025
- 🟡 STRICT: FIRM, RIGID, STERN, TOUGH
- 🟢 BOTANICAL COVERINGS: HULL, HUSK, POD, SHELL
- 🔵 SEEN IN OPENING CREDITS: CAST, DIRECTOR, STUDIO, TITLE
- 🟣 OBJECTS IN 0-, 1-, 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACE: LINE, PLANE, POINT, SOLID
Connections June 23, 2025
- 🟡 KINDS OF JEANS: BOYFRIEND, FLARE, MOM, SKINNY
- 🟢 FICTION CATEGORIES: HISTORICAL, LITERARY, SPECULATIVE, YOUNG ADULT
- 🔵 WORDS IN HEMINGWAY TITLES: BELL, FAREWELL, OLD MAN, SUN
- 🟣 ___ GLASS GLASSWARE: COCKTAIL, COLLINS, OLD FASHIONED, SHOT
Connections June 22, 2025
- 🟡 NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: BULLETIN, FLASH, REPORT, WIRE
- 🟢 NOUNS FROM A FAMOUS LINE IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: HAPPINESS, LIBERTY, LIFE, PURSUIT
- 🔵 HBO SHOWS: ENTOURAGE, EUPHORIA, INSECURE, SUCCESSION
- 🟣 WHAT “LEFT” MIGHT MEAN: DEPARTED, PORT, PROGRESSIVE, REMAINING
Connections June 21, 2025
- 🟡 STOCKY: SOLID, SQUAT, STOUT, THICK
- 🟢 COMPANY: CONCERN, FIRM, HOUSE, OUTFIT
- 🔵 APPLE PRODUCTS: BRANDY, BUTTER, CIDER, SAUCE
- 🟣 STARTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: GERM, LUXE, MALT, PORT
Connections June 20, 2025
- 🟡 ITEMS IN A SEWING KIT: BUTTON, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, THREAD
- 🟢 CAPTURE ON VIDEO: FILM, RECORD, SHOOT, TAPE
- 🔵 PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH “THE”: HITMAN, ROCK, SNAKE, UNDERTAKER
- 🟣 WAX ___: MUSEUM, PAPER, POETIC, SEAL
Connections June 19, 2025
- 🟡 COMPONENTS OF ONE’S GRADE: ATTENDANCE, FINAL, HOMEWORK, PAPERS
- 🟢 MAP APP OPTIONS: DESTINATION, ROUTE, STARTING POINT, STOPS
- 🔵 CLASSIC TOYS: BALL, BLOCKS, JACKS, TRAIN
- 🟣 FENCING GEAR: FOILS, GLOVES, JACKETS, MASKS
Connections June 18, 2025
- 🟡 QUALITIES OF A RAINY DAY: COLD, GRAY, WET, WINDY
- 🟢 SQUARELY: DEAD, EXACTLY, RIGHT, SMACK
- 🔵 CONTENTS OF A POD: ASTRONAUT, COFFEE, PEA, WHALE
- 🟣 BODY PART PLUS A STARTING LETTER: BARM, LEAR, RANKLE, SHIP
Connections June 17, 2025
- 🟡 THINGS TO BOOK FOR A VACATION: CAR, FLIGHT, HOTEL, TOUR
- 🟢 METTLE: FIGHT, GRIT, RESOLVE, SPIRIT
- 🔵 BAD THINGS FOR A WEBSITE TO DO: FREEZE, GLITCH, TIMEOUT, QUIT
- 🟣 FIGURES IN CLASSIC DISNEY ANIMATED FILMS: ELEPHANT, FAWN, MARIONETTE, MOUSE
Connections June 16, 2025
- 🟡 EXPRESSIONLESS: BLANK, FLAT, INANIMATE, WOODEN
- 🟢 DRAPERY HANGING ITEMS: BRACKET, CURTAIN, HOOK, ROD
- 🔵 WHAT A DRINK IS SERVED WITH: COASTER, GARNISH, GLASS, STRAW
- 🟣 STARTING WITH METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION: BUSBOY, CARBON, SHIPSHAPE, TRAINEE
Connections June 15, 2025
- 🟡 SLANG FOR COFFEE: BREW, JAVA, MUD, ROCKET FUEL
- 🟢 "AW, HECK!": BLAST, CRUD, CURSES, FUDGE
- 🔵 CONSIDERATIONS FOR MOVIE RATINGS: ACTION, LANGUAGE, NUDITY, SMOKING
- 🟣 WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEAN: BURST, FATHER, POPULAR, SODA
Connections June 14, 2025
- 🟡 GODDESS: DIVA, ICON, LEGEND, QUEEN
- 🟢 ELEMENTS OF A CLASSIC “MOM” TATTOO: ARROW, HEART, MOM, RIBBON
- 🔵 DOGS OF THE SCREEN: ASTRO, BLUE, HOOCH, TOTO
- 🟣 ___ TERRIER: BORDER, BOSTON, BULL, RAT
Connections June 13, 2025
- 🟡 PERSPECTIVE: ANGLE, BENT, LENS, POINT OF VIEW
- 🟢 SEEN AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP: CONE, CUP, LITTLE SPOON, SCOOP
- 🔵 HIT SONGS OF 1998: CLOSING TIME, IRIS, ONE WEEK, TOO CLOSE
- 🟣 HOT ___: DOG, POTATO, ROD, WATER BOTTLE
Connections June 12, 2025
- 🟡 GETTING COZY: CUDDLING, HUGGING, SNUGGLING, SPOONING
- 🟢 GOSSIPING: BUZZING, DISHING, SPILLING, WHISPERING
- 🔵 ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY WITH PINS OR NEEDLES: ACUPUNCTURING, BOWLING, SEWING, WRESTLING
- 🟣 STARTING WITH TITLES: DOCTORING, LORDING, MISSING, SIRING
Connections June 11, 2025
- 🟡 BOAST: BLUSTER, CROW, SHOW OFF, STRUT
- 🟢 ARC-SHAPED THINGS: BANANA, EYEBROW, FLIGHT PATH, RAINBOW
- 🔵 CEREAL MASCOTS: COUNT, ELVES, LEPRECHAUN, ROOSTER
- 🟣 WAYS TO DENOTE A CITATION: ASTERISK, DAGGER, NUMBER, PARENS
Connections June 10, 2025
- 🟡 ARBITRATE: CHAIR, JUDGE, MEDIATE, MODERATE
- 🟢 THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENT: CHART, IMAGE, TABLE, TEXT BOX
- 🔵 '80S SLANG: CHILL, PSYCH, RADICAL, WORD
- 🟣 ___ DUTY: CIVIC, CUSTOMS, HEAVY, JURY
Connections June 9, 2025
- 🟡 KEYBOARD SHORTCUT COMMANDS: PASTE, PRINT, QUIT, SAVE
- 🟢 SECURE IN ADVANCE: BOOK, ORDER, REQUEST, RESERVE
- 🔵 CRIME ORGANIZATION: CREW, FAMILY, RING, SYNDICATE
- 🟣 SPELLING BEE RANKS MINUS A LETTER: GENUS, GOO, MAZING, SLID
Connections June 8, 2025
- 🟡 PERSIST: HOLD, LAST, STAND, STAY
- 🟢 ANIMAL METAPHORS IN ECONOMICS: BEAR, BULL, DOVE, HAWK
- 🔵 SIDEBAR INFO ON A PERSON’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE: BORN, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, SPOUSE
- 🟣 HOMOPHONES OF SLANG FOR MONEY: BRED, CACHE, DOE, LUTE
Connections June 7, 2025
- 🟡 TIPS FOR WORKING OUT SAFELY: BREATHE, HYDRATE, REST, STRETCH
- 🟢 ESTABLISH: FOUND, INSTITUTE, LAUNCH, START
- 🔵 DITTY: AIR, NUMBER, SONG, STRAIN
- 🟣 SPRING ___: CHICKEN, EQUINOX, FLING, ONION
Connections June 6, 2025
- 🟡 NEWSPAPER JOBS: COLUMNIST, EDITOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, REPORTER
- 🟢 EVERYDAY: COMMON, REGULAR, ROUTINE, STANDARD
- 🔵 WHAT “CON” MIGHT MEAN: CONVENTION, CRIMINAL, DRAWBACK, SWINDLE
- 🟣 ENDING WITH KINDS OF DOGS: NEWSHOUND, SHADOWBOXER, SNICKERDOODLE, TRENDSETTER
Connections June 5, 2025
- 🟡 PRECIPICE: BRINK, CUSP, EVE, VERGE
- 🟢 PLUMBING EQUIPMENT: PIPE, PLUNGER, SNAKE, WRENCH
- 🔵 WAYS TO MODIFY A CAR'S EXTERIOR: BUMPER, GRILLE, RIM, SPOILER
- 🟣 BEST FEMALE ROCK PERFORMANCE GRAMMY WINNERS: APPLE, CROW, SUMMER, TURNER
Connections June 4, 2025
- 🟡 PARTS OF A SONG: BRIDGE, CHORUS, HOOK, REFRAIN
- 🟢 SUPPORT AUDIBLY: CHEER, CLAP, ROOT, WHISTLE
- 🔵 THINGS IN AN ENTRYWAY: BENCH, COAT RACK, CONSOLE, RUNNER
- 🟣 IMAGERY IN MAGRITTE PAINTINGS: APPLE, BOWLER, CLOUD, PIPE
Connections June 3, 2025
- 🟡 BE OSTENTATIOUS: GRANDSTAND, POSTURE, SHOWBOAT, SWAGGER
- 🟢 COPACETIC: FINE, HUNKY-DORY, OK, SWELL
- 🔵 KINDS OF BRACELETS: CHARM, FRIENDSHIP, ID, TENNIS
- 🟣 THINGS YOU CAN PRACTICE: LAW, MEDICINE, SELF-CARE, WITCHCRAFT
Connections June 2, 2025
- 🟡 EXPEDITION: JOURNEY, ODYSSEY, QUEST, VOYAGE
- 🟢 HOLD DEAR: ESTEEM, PRIZE, TREASURE, VALUE
- 🔵 WORDS WHOSE ONLY VOWEL IS “Y”: MYRRH, NYMPH, RHYTHM, SPHYNX
- 🟣 NAMES ENDING IN “K” PLUS WORD: FRANKINCENSE, JACKPOT, MARKDOWN, NICKNAME
Connections June 1, 2025
- 🟡 LOCAL WATERING HOLE: DIVE, ESTABLISHMENT, HAUNT, JOINT
- 🟢 COMPETE IN A MODERN PENTATHLON: FENCE, RIDE, SHOOT, SWIM
- 🔵 ENSURE, AS A VICTORY: CINCH, GUARANTEE, ICE, LOCK
- 🟣 ___ FUND: HEDGE, MUTUAL, SLUSH, TRUST