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Hints for Connections #413
Use these from least to most revealing if you want to solve the groups yourself:
- Yellow: Keen readers will know these.
- Green: Who’s a pretty feline?
- Blue: Worry.
- Purple: Words containing something you eat.
Full answers for July 28
Spoilers below. The puzzle’s sixteen words sort into these four groups:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Parts of a book | COVER, JACKET, PAGE, SPINE |
| Green | Cat coat patterns | CALICO, TABBY, TORTOISESHELL, TUXEDO |
| Blue | Nervousness, in the singular | BUTTERFLY, JITTER, NERVE, WILLY |
| Purple | Starting with vegetables | BEETHOVEN, CORNUCOPIA, KALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK |
Why the words fit
Yellow: parts of a book
A book can have a cover, jacket, page, and spine.
Green: cat coat patterns
Calico, tabby, tortoiseshell, and tuxedo are names for cat coat patterns.
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Blue: nervousness, in the singular
Butterfly, jitter, nerve, and willy complete familiar expressions about nervousness: “butterflies,” “the jitters,” “getting on someone’s nerves,” and “the willies.” The category uses the singular forms shown in the grid.
Purple: starting with vegetables
Each word begins with a vegetable name: beet in BEETHOVEN, corn in CORNUCOPIA, kale in KALEIDOSCOPE, and pea in PEACOCK.
The 16-word grid
BUTTERFLY · TUXEDO · PEACOCK · NERVE · BEETHOVEN · SPINE · WILLY · JACKET · CORNUCOPIA · KALEIDOSCOPE · TORTOISESHELL · JITTER · CALICO · COVER · TABBY · PAGE
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How Connections works
Try Hard Guides describes Connections as sorting sixteen words into four groups of four, with up to four mistakes allowed; it also says the daily game resets at midnight local time. These mechanics are reported by that secondary guide and are not independently confirmed here as current NYT rules. Try Hard Guides’ July 28 answer guide identifies this puzzle as game #413.
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