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Connections #1,211 hints and answers for Sunday, October 4, 2026

Edited by Wyna Liu · Groups listed easiest to hardest: yellow, green, blue, purple

Connections #1,211 piles up a considerable amount in yellow, sets up a table tennis match in green, dresses a judge in blue, and puts the word silent in front of four phrases in purple. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words.

Group 1 - Yellow

Hint: all four are words for a large amount of something: a bunch of grapes, a heap of rubble, a lot of anything, and a stack of plates.

CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT

CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT

BUNCH · HEAP · LOT · STACK

Group 2 - Green

Hint: all four are the basic equipment for table tennis: the little ball, the net across the middle, the paddle in each hand, and the table itself.

TABLE TENNIS NEEDS

TABLE TENNIS NEEDS

BALL · NET · PADDLE · TABLE

Group 3 - Blue

Hint: all four belong to the traditional picture of a judge: the collar and robe worn in court, the wig of older courtrooms, and the gavel used to call order.

PARTS OF A JUDGE COSTUME

PARTS OF A JUDGE COSTUME

COLLAR · GAVEL · ROBE · WIG

Group 4 - Purple

Hint: each word goes directly after the word Silent to make a familiar phrase: a silent auction, a silent film, a silent partner, and the silent treatment.

SILENT ___

SILENT ___

AUCTION · FILM · PARTNER · TREATMENT
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