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The March 13, 2024, Connections puzzle is #276. Its four groups are Halloween purchases, plants with similar flavors, food slang for “head,” and gemstone cuts. If you want to solve it yourself first, use the spoiler-safe hints below before opening the full answer.
Hints for Connections #276
Try grouping the words by what they describe rather than by where you might encounter them. Several entries suggest food, but they do not all belong together.
- Yellow: Think of things someone might buy for a late-October celebration.
- Green: These plants have a similar flavor or aroma.
- Blue: Each word can be a playful term for a person’s head.
- Purple: These are names of gemstone cuts.
Connections #276 solution
Spoiler warning: The complete groups and words are below.
| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Yellow — Halloween purchases | CANDY, COSTUME, DECORATIONS, PUMPKIN |
| Green — Plants with similar flavors | ANISE, FENNEL, LICORICE, TARRAGON |
| Blue — Food slang for head | BEAN, MELON, NOODLE, NUT |
| Purple — Gemstone cuts | BAGUETTE, EMERALD, PRINCESS, RADIANT |
How the categories fit together
Halloween purchases
CANDY, COSTUME, DECORATIONS, and PUMPKIN all fit a Halloween shopping theme. The connection is the occasion, not a single type of item.
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Plants with similar flavors
ANISE, FENNEL, LICORICE, and TARRAGON are linked by a similar flavor profile. This category is about resemblance in taste, not all four words naming the same kind of plant part.
Food slang for head
BEAN, MELON, NOODLE, and NUT are informal food-related words for a person’s head. That explains why food-looking words are split across two different groups: this set depends on slang meaning, not flavor.
Gemstone cuts
BAGUETTE, EMERALD, PRINCESS, and RADIANT are gemstone-cut names. These terms can also have other meanings, so the shared jewelry context is the key to recognizing the purple group.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What Connections asks you to do
Connections presents sixteen words and asks you to sort them into four groups of four, with four mistakes allowed, according to the game guide at Gamepur. For this puzzle, checking whether a word is being used literally, as slang, or as a specialized term helps separate tempting overlaps.
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