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Connections #1,212 hints and answers for Monday, October 5, 2026

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

Connections #1,212 stays calm in yellow, puts warning labels on content in green, flattens out into boards in blue, and hides a way to borrow inside four longer words 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 calm: content and at ease, peaceful and undisturbed, placid like still water, and serene.

CALM

CONTENT · PEACEFUL · PLACID · SERENE

Group 2 - Green

Hint: all four show up in ratings and warning labels for adult material: explicit and graphic in their detail, strong in language, and suggestive in tone.

ADJECTIVES FOR MATURE CONTENT

EXPLICIT · GRAPHIC · STRONG · SUGGESTIVE

Group 3 - Blue

Hint: all four name a kind of board: a panel that advises, the board a chess game is played on, the board for pressing clothes, and the board where messages are posted.

KINDS OF BOARDS

ADVISORY · CHESS · IRONING · MESSAGE

Group 4 - Purple

Hint: forget the meanings and read the endings: each word ends with a way to get something for a while - RENT inside a parent, LEASE inside a polite word, HIRE inside a blue gem, and LOAN inside a surname, SLOAN.

ENDING IN WAYS TO TEMPORARILY ACQUIRE

PARENT · PLEASE · SAPPHIRE · SLOAN

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Theme clue: "Oh well, too bad, such a shame"