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Spoiler-light hints for Connections #568
- Popular food options for a certain time of day.
- Essential items for making a popular morning beverage.
- Words related to owing and repaying money.
- Titles or brands that share a punctuation mark.
Full answers for Monday, December 30
The categories and all sixteen words below are reported by both TechRadar and Parade. The 2024 archive also maps puzzle #568 to December 30 and lists the same category labels: Five Letter Words archive.
| Color | Category | Words | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | LUNCH ORDERS | CLUB, HERO, MELT, WRAP | Common kinds of lunch orders. |
| Green | USED TO MAKE COFFEE | BEANS, FILTER, GRINDER, WATER | Ingredients or equipment used to make coffee. |
| Blue | PAY, WITH “UP” | ANTE, COUGH, PONY, SETTLE | Each word can form a phrase with “up”: ante up, cough up, pony up, settle up. |
| Purple | NAMES FEATURING “!” | AIRPLANE, JEOPARDY, PINK, YAHOO | Names styled with an exclamation mark; P!nk uses an inverted mark. |
How the groupings fit together
Yellow: LUNCH ORDERS
Club, hero, melt, and wrap are all familiar sandwich or lunch-order options.
Green: USED TO MAKE COFFEE
Beans and water are ingredients; a filter and grinder are equipment used in preparation.
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Blue: PAY, WITH “UP”
Put “up” after each word to make an expression associated with paying or handing over money: ante up, cough up, pony up, and settle up.
Purple: NAMES FEATURING “!”
Airplane!, Jeopardy!, and Yahoo! use an exclamation point in their names, while the singer P!nk styles the mark within the name as an inverted exclamation point, as TechRadar notes.
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