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The 16-word board
Yellow group
Gentle hint
Think about being away from other people.
Stronger hint
Yellow is a set of synonyms for hard-to-find or tucked-away places.
Reveal category
SECLUDED
Reveal four words
HIDDEN · REMOTE · SECRET · TUCKED AWAY
Green group
Gentle hint
Picture the landscape that water flows through.
Stronger hint
Green is physical parts of a river system.
Reveal category
RIVER FEATURES
Reveal four words
DELTA · DRAINAGE BASIN · MOUTH · STREAM BED
Blue group
Gentle hint
Think of animated adventures on the big screen.
Stronger hint
Blue takes the opening word from famous Pixar titles.
Reveal category
FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMS
Reveal four words
FINDING · INSIDE · MONSTERS · TOY
Purple group
Gentle hint
Look within the phrases for a different alphabet.
Stronger hint
Purple hides Greek letters inside everyday two-word phrases (zeta, omega, delta, alpha).
Reveal category
PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERS
Reveal four words
FREEZE TAG · HOME GAME · MODEL TANK · ORAL PHASE
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Answer board
Yellow · SECLUDED
HIDDEN · REMOTE · SECRET · TUCKED AWAY
Green · RIVER FEATURES
DELTA · DRAINAGE BASIN · MOUTH · STREAM BED
Blue · FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMS
FINDING · INSIDE · MONSTERS · TOY
Purple · PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERS
FREEZE TAG · HOME GAME · MODEL TANK · ORAL PHASE
Why these words belong together
Yellow SECLUDED gathers HIDDEN, REMOTE, SECRET, and TUCKED AWAY.
Green RIVER FEATURES is literal geography: DELTA, DRAINAGE BASIN, MOUTH, STREAM BED.
Blue FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMS points to FINDING (Nemo), INSIDE (Out), MONSTERS (Inc.), and TOY (Story).
Purple PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERS encodes zeta/omega/delta/alpha inside FREEZE TAG, HOME GAME, MODEL TANK, and ORAL PHASE. DELTA in the green group is the main misdirection.
Grouping explanation and misleading overlaps
Connections #1206 recap
Solve the Pixar openers once three title words are obvious, then keep DELTA with the river set rather than the Greek-letter phrases.
Questions about this edition
What were yesterday’s Connections answers?
SECLUDED: HIDDEN, REMOTE, SECRET, TUCKED AWAY. RIVER FEATURES: DELTA, DRAINAGE BASIN, MOUTH, STREAM BED. FIRST WORDS OF PIXAR FILMS: FINDING, INSIDE, MONSTERS, TOY. PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERS: FREEZE TAG, HOME GAME, MODEL TANK, ORAL PHASE.
What was the purple group in Connections #1206?
PHRASES HIDING GREEK LETTERS: FREEZE TAG, HOME GAME, MODEL TANK, ORAL PHASE.
Where did DELTA belong?
In RIVER FEATURES, not in the Greek-letter phrases group.
What were the Pixar first words?
FINDING, INSIDE, MONSTERS, and TOY.
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